Passions Quotes

943 Passions quotes by 610 unique authors

In every life there is one particular event that is decisive for the entire person-for his fate, his convictions, his passions. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The thing I got to thinking about,' he said, 'is--what are the conditions that lead to larger portions of society being generous, humble, and selfless?… — Warren St. John
Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food — Guy de Maupassant
A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity… — Tabatha Coffey
Who can deny that much that passes for science and art today destroys the soul instead of uplifting it and instead of evoking the best… — Mahatma Gandhi
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
The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are rooted in a… — Michel de Montaigne
All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate. — Michel de Montaigne
I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? — William Shakespeare
The human passions transform man from a mere thing into a hero, into a being that in spite of tremendous handicaps tries to make sense… — Erich Fromm
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors. — Antoine Rivarol
Vices are often habits rather than passions. — Antoine Rivarol
In democracies, nothing is more great or more brilliant than commerce: it attracts the attention of the public, and fills the imagination of the multitude;… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Men living in democratic times have many passions, but most of their passions either end in the love of riches, or proceed from it. — Alexis de Tocqueville
It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It… — Jerome K. Jerome
The chief cause of our misery is less the violence of our passions than the feebleness of our virtues. — Philibert Joseph Roux
The majority of poems one outgrows and outlives, as one outgrows and outlives the majority of human passions. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet… — Charles Caleb Colton
Passions are spiritual rebels and raise sedition against the understanding. — Ben Jonson
We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions. — Sydney J. Harris
Those who see and observe kings, heroes, and statesmen, discover that they have headaches, indigestion, humors and passions, just like other people; every one of… — Lord Chesterfield

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