Top Passions Quotes

  • Law, rather than harnessing the passions, is increasingly pressed into their service. – George F Will

    Law, rather than harnessing the passions, is increasingly pressed into their service.– George F Will

  • Lincoln learned to summon the passions, but he never addressed his audience as sweethearts. – Richard Brookhiser

    Lincoln learned to summon the passions, but he never addressed his audience as sweethearts.– Richard Brookhiser

  • of their passions in the same object at that particular time. – Adam Smith

    of their passions in the same object at that particular time.– Adam Smith

  • With passions stilled and one’s nature firm, all destinies are in harmony; When the full moon of contemplation is reached you will be pure. – Wu Chengen

    With passions stilled and one’s nature firm, all destinies are in harmony; When the full moon of contemplation is reached you will be pure.– Wu Chengen

  • To some extent a life of celibacy is a picture of how all of us are to live, containing our passions for God’s purposes. – Eric Metaxas

    To some extent a life of celibacy is a picture of how all of us are to live, containing our passions for God’s purposes.– Eric Metaxas

  • If we are cut loose from the anchor of God’s Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of personal passions and popular trends. – John Piper

    If we are cut loose from the anchor of God’s Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of personal passions and popular trends.– John Piper

  • Life is often a Labyrinth of Passions without exit. – Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

    Life is often a Labyrinth of Passions without exit.– Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

  • The shadow of the passions of the moment transversed this grand and gentle spirit occupied with eternal things. – Victor Hugo

    The shadow of the passions of the moment transversed this grand and gentle spirit occupied with eternal things.– Victor Hugo

  • Solitude and reflection are necessary to give to wishes the force of passions. – Mary Wollstonecraft

    Solitude and reflection are necessary to give to wishes the force of passions.– Mary Wollstonecraft

  • Logic, when used correctly and by an intellect that is not corrupted by the lower passions, may lead to one to the Transcendent itself. – Osman Bakar

    Logic, when used correctly and by an intellect that is not corrupted by the lower passions, may lead to one to the Transcendent itself.– Osman Bakar