#passion

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#desire #driven #incorruptible #justice #passionate

Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed to be Alchemists. ↗

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

#bent #claimed #deceived #dupes #men

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#envy #i #me #merely #no respect

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#create #desired #does #exist #nonexistent

Where is God when it hurts? We know one answer because God came to earth and showed us. You need only follow Jesus around and note how he responded to the tragedies of his day: large-scale tragedies such as an act of government terrorism in the temple or a tower collapsing on eighteen innocent bystanders; as well as small tragedies, such as a widow who has lost her only son or even a Roman soldier whose servant has fallen ill. At moments like these Jesus never delivered sermons about judgment or the need to accept God’s mysterious providence. Instead he responded with compassion – a word from Latin which simply means, “to suffer with” – and comfort and healings. God stands on the side of those who suffer. (pp.27-28/What Good Is God?) ↗

— Philip Yancey

#compassion #doubt #faith #faith

Reason is a passion; an instinct, a drive. ↗

— Bette Howland

#instinct #passion #reason

Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them. ↗

— David Hume

#never #obey #office #only #other

Singing has always been my big passion and I would love to be able to go to the U.S. and perform more. ↗

— Katherine Jenkins

#always #been #big #go #i

It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#build #building #companies #company #give

The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#although #chew #commitment #design #get