#passion

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#any #case #considerable #endured #ever

God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees nor hears nor perceives things by any senses like ours; but in a manner infinitely more perfect. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#affection #almighty #any #appetite #god

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#appetites #consists #enjoyment #happiness #nature

Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#depressing #enjoying #got #important #kinds

This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook. ↗

— Larry Elder

#battle #common-sense #contest #control #crook

Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it. ↗

— Eminem

#compassion #definitely #get #i #mother

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#fire #fireplace #jumped #never #out

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time. ↗

— David Bowie

#back #completely #felt #i #just

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#also #dreams #else #generous #includes

This is my first visit to Africa, a region where President Bush has voiced a deep passion for fostering and encouraging economic development, investment and trade. ↗

— Donald Evans

#bush #deep #development #economic #economic development