Quotes of Primal - somelinesforyou

“ WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies. ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Creativity comes from awakening and directing men's higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the universe and are appointed by Heaven. ”

- I Ching

“ Teenage boys, goaded by their surging hormones run in packs like the primal horde. They have only a brief season of exhilarating liberty between control by their mothers and control by their wives. ”

- Camille Paglia

“ The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget. ”

- Sir William Osler

“ We are so clothed in rationalization and dissemblance that we can recognize but dimly the deep primal impulses that motivate us. ”

- James Ramsey Ullman

“ It's a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It's funny and accessible. ”

- Johnny Knoxville

“ Sadness is primal. How we respond — that is what makes the difference. ”

- W. Paul Jones

“ What though the radiance which was once so bright Be not forever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; Grief not, rather find, Strength in what remains behind, In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be, In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of Human suffering, In the faith that looks through death In years that bring philophic mind. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way through before regaining one's original primal state. If one succeeds in the fight and reaches the goal, the enemy, namely the thoughts, will all subside in the Self and disappear entirely. ”

- Ramana Maharshi
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