quotations about passion
A man without passion is a statue, not a man.
PHRYNE
attributed, Day's Collacon
A great tragedy passes from crest to hollow of passion, rises and sinks again, as rhythmically as sea-waves.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY
Keystones of Thought
A Man in a Passion rides a mad Horse.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Poor Richard's Almanack, 1749
I'd rather die of passion than of boredom!
EMILE ZOLA
The Ladies' Paradise
Make your passion your paycheck.
ANONYMOUS
The philosopher who would fain extinguish his passions resembles the chemist who would like to let his furnace go out.
CHAMFORT
The Cynic's Breviary
For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.
HONORÉ DE BALZAC
Les Célibataires
Everyone is running at lightning speed in the race for survival. Most of them live and work to make ends meet. The price of following a passion could be paid through their stomach. And if they fail, the fall is too steep in a dark, unknown trough with no supporting social infrastructure.
AASHI SANGHVI
"Following Your Passion: A Calling For The West, A Caution For The East", Huffington Post, February 12, 2016
Only passions can raise a man above the level of the animal.
ANDRÉ MAUROIS
The Art of Writing
You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.
JULIE-JEANNE-ELIONORE DE LESPINASSE
letter, 1774
Passion maketh man a beast.
L. E. DUPIN
attributed, Day's Collacon
Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.
MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI
House of Leaves
Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
ROBERT BROWNING
"Two in Campagna"