The passions of men are in themselves no sin. No more are the actions that proceed from those passions until they know that a law forbids them, which till laws be made, they cannot know.
The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.
The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.
She had never been a pretty crier. She sobbed the way she did everything else - with passion and excess.
I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place.
If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.
I think that the consciousness of passion makes you act very differently.
I hope people don't get angry at me when I do start yelling and stuff, because I promise you it's all that competitive energy, and I want to win with every last ounce in me.
My heart's so full of joy, That I shall do some wild extravagance Of love in public; and the foolish world, Which knows not tenderness, will think me mad.
Some People Like a House with A Fire Place, Others want a House they can set on Fire!
All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.
It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us.
More and more the world is growing to love a lover, and one has only to read the newspapers to see how sympathetic are the times to any generous and adventurous display of the passions.
There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.
My father has this insane, all-consuming passion for sports.
Lava bread makes you passionate.
Yeah, you will hear from people that my passion will sometimes result in a very effervescent or sometimes excitable senior executive.
We that are true lovers run into strange capers.
All passions are exaggerated, otherwise they would not be passions.
We that are true lovers run into strange capers; but as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature in love mortal in folly.
He who acts under an emotional impulse also acts. What distinguishes an emotional action from other actions is the valuation of input and output. Emotions disarrange valuations. Inflamed with passion, man sees the goal as more desirable and the price he has to pay for it as less burdensome than he would in cool deliberation.
