Disturbed Quotes - Page 2

• The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church, grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church, grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church. He is disturbed that the corporate prayer of the Church no longer pulls down the strongholds of the devil.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Prayer, Men, Religion

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• In my travels I have found that those who keep Heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the darkest day. If the glories of Heaven were more real to us, if we lived less for material things and more for things eternal and spiritual, we would be less easily disturbed by this present life.

  Billy Graham

  Spiritual, Real, Views

  Billy Graham (2011). “Hope for the Troubled Heart: Finding God in the Midst of Pain”, p.55, Thomas Nelson

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• I'm disturbed when people let superstition, magical thinking, extreme conspiracy theories and so on blur their minds.

  John Shirley

  Thinking, People, Mind

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• It constantly remains a source of disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The difficulties are indeed numerous and great, and cannot be overcome at once. To make progress is a kind of miner’s work; it doesn’t advance as quickly as one would like, and as others also expect, but as one stands before such a task, the basic necessities are patience and faithfulness. In fact, I do not think much about the difficulties, because if one thought of them too much one would get stunned or disturbed.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Disappointment, Thinking, Drawing

  Vincent van Gogh (1963). “Letters”, Atheneum Books for Young Readers

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• Yearning for Allah and His meeting is like the gentle breeze blowing upon the heart, extinguishing the blaze of the Dunya. Whosoever caused his heart to settle with his Lord shall be in a state, calm and tranquility, and whosoever sent it amongst the people shall be disturbed and excessively perturbed.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Wisdom, Islamic, Heart

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• The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.

  Chief Joseph

  Mother, Hoe, Giving

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• For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.

  Plato

  Music, Plato, Political

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• We have treatments for disturbed persons, Nicholas. But, at least for the time being, we have no treatment for disturbing persons.

  Gene Wolfe

  Treatment, Persons, Disturbing

  Gene Wolfe (2009). “The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction”, p.102, Macmillan

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• The word that most perfectly describes the city of Cuzco is evocative. Intangible dust of another era settles on its streets, rising like the disturbed sediment of a muddy lake when you touch its bottom.

  Che Guevara

  Lakes, Dust, Cities

  Che Guevara (2013). “The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey”, Ocean Press

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• The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Civilization, Balance, Features

  Albert Schweitzer (1929). “Civilization and Ethics”

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• The beautiful laws of time and space, once dislocated by our inaptitude, are holes and dens. If the hive be disturbed by rash and stupid hands, instead of honey, it will yield us bees.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beautiful, Stupid, Hands

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.218, Modern Library

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• On the whole, however, the conclusions I have drawn from the proofs quoted may, I believe, safely be relied on. Assuredly they will not be disturbed either by the lays of a poet displaying the exaggeration of his craft, or by the compositions of the chroniclers that are attractive at truth's expense; the subjects they treat of being out of the reach of evidence, and time having robbed most of them of historical value by enthroning them in the region of legend.

  Thucydides

  Believe, Historical Value, Crafts

  Thucydides, Ruth Finnegan “History of Greece”, Lulu.com

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• I'm going to be meeting with people today who talk too much - people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I can't imagine a world without such people.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Selfish, People, Ungrateful

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• Writing is the product of a deeply disturbed psyche, and by no means therapeutic.

  Edna O'Brien

  Writing, Mean, Products

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• I never hear parents exclaim impatiently, "Children, you must no make so much noise," that I do not think how soon the time may come when, beside the vacant seat, those parents would give all the world, could they hear once more the ringing laughter which once so disturbed them.

  Abbott Eliot Kittredge

  Laughter, Children, Thinking

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• Early on, I played one or two disturbed people, and I guess I must have been good at it, because it stuck. But, you know, I'm a regular guy. I stay home a lot, I make an effort to keep a distance from the whole social thing, the openings, the parties. I try to live in a calm way.

  Christopher Walken

  Distance, Party, Home

  "Christopher Walken: 'No matter who I play, it's me" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2012.

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• When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Eyebrows, Firsts

  Interview With Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. April 13, 2006.

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• Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contemporary subjects.

  Lion Feuchtwanger

  Historical, Youth, Contemporary

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• We are disturbed - we can't play anymore. Our planet can be renewed or ravaged. Now is the time to awaken and take action. Everyone is needed. You are not here for no reason. Everyone who is here now has an important purpose. This is a hard but a special time. We have the opportunity for growth, but we must be ready for this moment in history.

  Carlos Barrios

  Opportunity, Play, Growth

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• If there's no world 'out there' what are you reacting to? Ask yourself that question every moment of every day when your peace is disturbed.

  Kenneth Wapnick

  World, Moments, Reacting

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• Dhyana is retaining one's tranquil state of mind in any circumstance, unfavorable as well as favorable, and not being disturbed or frustrated even when adverse conditions present themselves one after another.

  D.T. Suzuki

  Anger, Frustrated, Mind

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• It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever and from a greater diversity of artists.

  Daniel Ek

  Artist, People, Diversity

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• I am disappointed and disturbed by both the NFL and the Dodgers - but much more by the Dodgers.

  Zev Yaroslavsky

  Football, Nfl, Disappointed

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• I think Rafael Benítez was an angry man. He must have been disturbed for some reason. I think you have got to cut through the venom of it and hopefully he'll reflect and understand what he said was absolutely ridiculous.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Cutting, Men

  "Sir Alex Ferguson's 25 years at Manchester United - in quotes" by Benji Inwood, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2011.

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• Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's often vocal sanction of things as they are.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Average, Community

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.67, Beacon Press

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