impulse

A multitude of aged hoary-haired old men were driven along with halting bending feet, urged onward by the impulse of a violent, shameless force to quick speed.

And I knew that the race of the Canaanites was wicked, but the impulse of youth blinded my mind.

This, certainly, is why we praise the virtuous Joseph, because by his Reason, with a mental effort, he checked the carnal impulse. [*1] For he, a young man at the age when physical desire is strong, by his Reason quenched the impulse of his passions.

This, certainly, is why we praise the virtuous Joseph, because by his Reason, with a mental effort, he checked the carnal impulse. [*1] For he, a young man at the age when physical desire is strong, by his Reason quenched the impulse of his passions.

And Reason is proved to subdue the impulse not only of sexual desire, but of all sorts of covetings.

As the impulse of anger against evil, so is the impulse of joy over what is lovely, and brings in of its fruits without restraint:

As the impulse of anger against evil, so is the impulse of joy over what is lovely, and brings in of its fruits without restraint:

My joy is the Lord and my impulse is toward Him: this path of mine is excellent: