Ashes Quote by Anonymous

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Passions change and morph over time as one comes to know and understand oneself more deeply. As you follow your passions, you will find…

— Janet, Bray Attwood

“Remember what one of our philosophers once said, 'In the human heart there is a perpetual generation of passions, such that the ruin of…

— Richard Castle

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passions into a thousand crackers of desire.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Is it 'a drag' that passions don't come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them? Maybe. But…

— Angela Duckworth

The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.

— Isaac Watts

Passions are the gales of life.

— Alexander Pope

One loving heart sets another on fire.

— Saint Augustine

“One passionate heart can brighten the world. From person to person the chain reaction burns through us — setting heart to heart ablaze, and…

— Bryant McGill