Passions Quotes
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As countless as grains of sand by the sea are human passions, and they all differ; all of them, vile or lofty, begin by being under a man's control and then become his terrible masters. Blessed is he who has chosen the most lofty of passions: his immeasurable bliss grows and multiplies tenfold with every hour and minute, and he penetrates deeper and deeper into the infinite paradise of his soul.
Nikolai Gogol
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There are passions that it is not for man to choose.
Nikolai Gogol
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Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.
Bion of Borysthenes
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The beauty of some women has days and seasons, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it; nay, the very passions of the mind naturally improve or impair it, and very often utterly destroy it.
Miguel de Cervantes
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Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.
Marcel Proust
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Our passions may be compared to certain slaves--the more severity we show them, the better they obey us.
Norm MacDonald
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Human character is smaller now, people don't have durable passions; they've replaced passions with excitement.
Saul Bellow
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Wonder is the first of all the passions.
Rene Descartes
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The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.
Samuel Richardson
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He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.
Sarah Bernhardt
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Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions.
Arsenius the Great
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We must recognize the eloquence of our passions and refuse to be taken in. Instead of saying, 'That false friend always did despise me,' say: 'In my present state of agitation, I can't see clearly, I can't judge clearly; I am only a tragic actor who is declaiming for his own ears.' Then you will see the lights in the theater go out for lack of an audience, and the brilliant sets will be nothing more than painted cardboard.
Emile Chartier
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A man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to be the servants of his will; who enjoys the beautiful, loves truth, hates wrong, loves to do good, and respects others as himself.
John Ruskin
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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.
Jeff Bezos
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Your happiness is at the intersection of your passions and learning from great people.
Scott Weiss
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If you are tossed about by doubts, full of strong thoughtless passions, and yearning only for that which is detrimental, your thirst will grow stronger and stronger, unquenched, and your pain will grow with your defilements.
Gautama Buddha