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Letter "P" » Passion
«The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.»
«The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.»
Author: Elizabeth Hardwick
| About:
Experience,
Gifts,
Knowledge,
Morality,
Passion,
Reading
| Keywords:
cheap, consoled, consoles, consoling, distracting, distracts, excites, illumination, illuminations, wide
«The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions»
Author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
(Inventor, Philosopher)
| About:
Action,
History,
Passion
| Keywords:
at first glance, convinces, glance, impresses, proceed
«The heart that can no longer love passionately, must with fury hate»
«The man who is master of his passions is reason's slave»
«The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason a»
«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 law is reason free from passion»
«The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer»
«The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget»
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