Innate Quotes - Page 18

• Modern war is so expensive that we feel trade to be a better avenue to plunder; but modern man inherits all the innate pugnacity and all the love of glory of his ancestors.

  William James

  War, Men, Glory

  William James (2016). “William James: Essays and Lectures”, p.275, Routledge

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• The concept of karma is a beautiful concept in Sanskrit. The whole idea of karma is that every being has an innate tendency - the karma of ice is to be cold, the karma of fire is to burn, the karma of the trees is to grow and bear fruit. In the same way, a human has a certain thrust. What I've realized is that my thrust is to be in the world, like in the world of business.

  Karan Bajaj

  Beautiful, Karma, Fire

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• I think a lot of people who were addicts are actually people who had that strong innate need to experience non-ordinary states of consciousness. But because our society has turned into this destructive culture of these horrible drugs that nullify you, they have that experience in a negative way. And then they lose that capacity forever, to have it in a positive way.

  Daniel Pinchbeck

  Strong, Thinking, People

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• The natural purity of our mind is of no use to us if we are not aware of it,
  and if we do not integrate it with our moving mind.
  If we realize our innate purity, but only integrate with it from time to time, we are not totally awakened.
  Being in total integration all the time is final realization

  Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

  Moving, Meditation, Mind

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• I'm not too worried about humanity in the future. I think we've got an innate ability as a species to self-correct.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Thinking, Self, Humanity

  "Paul Dano literally carried Daniel Radcliffe through Swiss Army Man". Interview with Matt Pais, film.avclub.com. July 7, 2016.

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• I believe that justice is instinct and innate, that the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing; as a wise Creator must have seen to be necessary in an animal destined to live in society.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Wise, Believe, Animal

  Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey (2008). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.88, Courier Corporation

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• When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for all conditions of society. Liberty, truth, probity, honor, are declared to be the four cardinal principles of society. I believe that morality, compassion, generosity, are innate elements of the human constitution; that there exists a right independent of force.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Believe, Independent, Compassion

  Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey (2008). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.85, Courier Corporation

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• The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in the pupils a species of atheism. Instead of looking through the works of creation to the Creator himself, they stop short, and employ the knowledge they acquire to create doubts of his existence. They labour with studied ingenuity to ascribe every thing they behold to innate properties of matter, and jump over all the rest by saying, that matter is eternal.

  Thomas Paine

  Philosophy, Teaching, School

  Thomas Paine (1830). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.197

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• Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from?..Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire for freedom, an instinctive wish for submission?

  Erich Fromm

  Men, Wish, Desire

  Erich Fromm (2013). “Escape from Freedom”, p.17, Open Road Media

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• Innate sensuousness rarely has any desire for accuracy, no desire for precise information. It basks in sunshine, bathes in color, dwells in a sense of the impressive and the gorgeous, and rests there. Accuracy is not necessary except in the case of aggressive, acquisitive natures, when it manifests itself in a desire to seize. True controlling sensuousness cannot be manifested in the most active dispositions, nor again in the most accurate.

  Theodore Dreiser

  Sunshine, Color, Desire

  Theodore Dreiser (2015). “The Financier”, p.95, Booklassic

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• Four innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control and duty.

  James Q. Wilson

  Inspirational, Self, People

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• Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Clever, Stupid, Quality

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

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• Do you press the "pause" button - the "until" button in life by saying "I can't be happy until..."? All this accomplishes is a delay in your entry into your innate state of happiness, which is independent of outer circumstances. So press the "play" button and rejoice in the now-ness of the moment!

  Michael Beckwith

  Happiness, Independent, Play

  FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from Feb 08, 2011

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• Your technology is the inner practice of meditation, which will stimulate the link between your brain and ignite your innate desire to know your True Self. Trust yourself in a deeper way & reap the rewards!

  Michael Beckwith

  Inspirational, Technology, Practice

  FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from Jan 22, 2013

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• We aren't born with the innate knowledge of how to "do" relationship. Even worse, we've been brainwashed by modern day society to look for and seek perfection, which leads to an ongoing state of frustration and dissatisfaction.

  Arielle Ford

  Frustration, Perfection, Looks

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• There's something about the American people: They have such an innate sense of fairness that the red light goes on and the bells go off the second you approach that line. Any kind of personal attack is verboten. You shouldn't do it; it's not worth it.

  Roger Ailes

  Light, People, Red

  Source: www.campaignsandelections.com

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• Some people do have a very innate sexuality to them. I may or may not have it, but it makes people see you in a certain light that has nothing to do with me.

  Rose McGowan

  Light, People, May

  "Exclusive Interview: Rose McGowan: The Agitator". Interview with Laura Dawn, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• A lack of restful sleep disrupts the body's innate balance, weakens our immune system, and speeds up the aging process.

  Deepak Chopra

  Sleep, Balance, Body

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