Passions Quotes
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Superstition, in all times and among all nations, is the fear of a spirit whose passions are those of a man, whose acts are the acts of a man; who is present in some places, not in others; who makes no places holy and not others; who is kind to one person, unkind to another; who is pleased or angry according to the degree of attention you pay him, or praise you refuse to him; who is hostile generally to human pleasure, but may be bribed by sacrifice of a part of that pleasure into permitting the rest. This, whatever form of faith it colors, is the essence of superstition.
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If there were no eternal consciousness in a man, if at the bottom of everything there were only a wild ferment, a power that twisting in dark passions produced everything great or inconsequential; if an unfathomable, insatiable emptiness lay hid beneath everything, what would life be but despair?
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All passions are exaggerated, otherwise they would not be passions.
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The precipitancy of disputation, and the stir and noise of passions that usually attend it, must needs be prejudicial to verity.
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Love is getting to be cynical, passion's just physical.
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Blessed the one who meditates on death each day and destroys the base passions lurking in the vines of the heart, for he will be consoled in the moment of separation.
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Passions unguided are for the most part mere madness.
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Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration.
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It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.
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To be exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing Solitude.
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Anger, lust and such other evil passions raging in the heart are the real untouchables.
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Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.
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Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.
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Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices of great men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.
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Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage.
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My work is one of my passions, so I want to treat it with great importance, whatever the project or role.
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Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed to be Alchemists.
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Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.
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Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.
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Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people.
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Love based upon money and vanity forms the most stubborn of passions.
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Those who are pure in heart and single in purpose are able to understand the most supreme Way. It is like polishing a mirror, which becomes bright when the dust is removed. Remove your passions, and have no hankering.
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The best definition I have ever heard of a vocation is that it's the place where your great joy meets the world's great need. We need all of you to find your vocation. To develop your joys, your passions, and to match them to the world's great needs.
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If you have two or three real passions, don't feel like you have to pick and choose between them. Don't discard. Keep all your passions in your life.
