Top Compulsion Quotes
We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.
Chauncey Wright
Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
Karl Marx
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
Sinclair Lewis
I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are.
David Guterson
Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.
Bertrand Russell
Sinclair Lewis 
John Dos Passos 
Alfred Hitchcock 
Pete Seeger 
Plato 
Laurell K. Hamilton All Compulsion Quotes
We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.
Chauncey Wright 
64% of people like this quote
Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
Karl Marx
61% of people like this quote
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
Sinclair Lewis
60% of people like this quote
I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and moral duty. I feel responsible to tell stories that inspire readers to consider more deeply who they are.
David Guterson
58% of people like this quote
Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.
Bertrand Russell
58% of people like this quote
A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness.
Joseph Lancaster
58% of people like this quote
The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.
Ivan Illich
57% of people like this quote
Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.
Walter Gropius
56% of people like this quote
If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.
Henri Frederic Amiel
55% of people like this quote
Popular Compulsion Authors
PlatoBertrand RussellAlbert SchweitzerHenri Frederic AmielKarl MarxAlfred HitchcockLaurell K. HamiltonDavid GutersonWalter Jon WilliamsE. Stanley JonesJoseph LancasterJoseph Ratzinger
Pete SeegerJohn Dos PassosAuberon HerbertSinclair LewisChauncey WrightIvan Illich XenophonLionel K. MurphyKarl RahnerWalter GropiusChristoph Martin Wieland
More »