#passions

But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist; the good are ever too luke-warm. ↗

— Algernon H. Blackwood

#enough #ever #good #hearts #leave

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! ↗

— Denis Diderot

#attempt #complete #desire #destruction #end

One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all his pleasures. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#also #endlessly #forgets #his #man

So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write. ↗

— Faye Dunaway

#i #movies #obviously #passions #read

The passions of the young are vices in the old. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

#passions #vices #young

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#anger #delusion #evils #greed #ignorant

One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams. ↗

— Wade Boggs

#because #fishing #guy #helped #here

The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#every #large #passions #same #small

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee. ↗

— Epictetus

#lest #passions #take #thee #thy

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

— Mason Cooley

#fire #fireplace #jumped #never #out