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- First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got… — Laurence Sterne
- Ideas should be neutral. But man animates them with his passions and folly. Impure and turned into beliefs, they take on the… — Emile M. Cioran
- A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It… — Saint Dominic
- Whoever wishes to make progress in perfection should use particular diligence in not allowing himself to be led away by his passions,… — St. Vincent
- The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being… — Emile Durkheim
- No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests. — Sallust
- One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the… — Swami Vivekananda
- A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a… — Hugo Grotius
- In Scripture we read of two kinds of men-the spiritual man controlled by the Holy Spirit, and the "carnal" man who is… — David Jeremiah
- Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to… — Lyndon B. Johnson
- Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
- No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with… — Samuel Johnson