Quotes about passion

Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion!

— Camille Paglia

No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim.

— Boris Pasternak

Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness born of fear and egoism; that this chimerical virtue, enslaving only weak men, is unknown to those whose character is formed by stoicism, courage, and philosophy.

— Marquis De Sade

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

— Francis Schaeffer

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

— Albert Schweitzer

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.

— William Shakespeare

The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater ;burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.

— Arthur H. Stainback

As we mature spiritually, we exhibit a growing capacity to care for and appreciate one another in the body of Christ, regardless of our differences.

— Joseph Stowell

Being part of an agenda beyond ourselves liberates us to complement each other rather than compete with each other.

— Joseph Stowell

When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable.

— Thích Nhat Hanh

In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.

— Alexis De Tocqueville

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

— Chogyam Trungpa

He who feels no compassion will become insane.

— Source Unknown

A man in a passion rides a horse that runs away with him

— thomas fuller

Long ago we conquered our passions looking at ourselves in the mirror of eternity.

— Dejan Stojanovic

You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

— John Irving

The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

— Eric Hoffer