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disturbance

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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.

Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.

Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.

The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the World. Charles I of England

To those who seek to protect their ego true Peace brings only disturbance. Anthony de Mello

In the mental disturbance and effort of writing, what sustains you is the certainty that on every page there is something left unsaid. Cesare Pavese

It is odd enough to see how the entrance of a person of the opposite sex into an assemblage of either men or women calms down the little discordances and the disturbance of mood. Elizabeth Gaskell

I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs. Albert Ellis

During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you. Ali

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