Agitation gives birth to creation.

— Terry Tempest Williams

Among all the methods by which love is brought into being, among all the agents which disseminate that blessed bane, there are few so efficacious as the great gust of agitation which, now and then, sweeps over the human spirit. For then the creature in whose company we are seeking amusement at the moment, her lot is cast, her fate and ours decided, that is the creature whom we shall henceforward love. It is not necessary that she should have pleased us, up till then, anymore, or even as much as others. All that is necessary is that our taste for her should become exclusive. And that condition is fulfilled so soon as - at the moment when she has failed to meet us - for the pleasure which we were on the point of enjoying in her charming company is abruptly substituted an anxious torturing desire, whose object is the creature herself, an irrational, absurd desire, which the laws of civilized society make it impossible to satisfy and difficult to assuage - the insensate, agonizing desire to possess her.

— Marcel Proust

Confidence is what we get when we take fear, face it and replace it.

— Tim Fargo

Do not ever get agitated by provoking thoughts and actions. Always keep your calm. This will shame the alien.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to contribute until something agitates him enough to make a difference, whether for himself or for his communities.

— Criss Jami

He was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35)

— Kate DiCamillo

If lies comfort, and truth disturbs - self is being agitated as a result of prideful living.

— T.F. Hodge

If one man gets excessive main (importance from others) higher than a certain point, he will get tired of it, and if he gets excessive insults higher than a certain point, he gets agitated.

— Dada Bhagwan

If someone who is agitated comes to visit you, wanting to discuss their agitation and weigh the pros and cons of what action he should take, my suggestion is to give him the mantra album and say, "why don't you just write Rama, Rama, Rama a thousand times?

— Eknath Easwaran

In order for evil to go down, the good had to fight, suffer and die. We won, but only after suffering a lot of pain, and I’m sure many have had second thoughts. Despite everything, we had new hope after the battle. We cleared the agitation. We were free. The same goes for this war. The good on both sides needs to survive and the bad needs to wither away.

— Melita Tessy