passion

Found 9 thoughts of passion

There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger.

What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire.

When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.

Margery Allingham

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

Cicero

I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.

The biggest thing [Frida] brought into my life was this peacefulness. I still get passionate about things, but my passion is not so scattered and it's not needy. It's a lot more powerful because it comes with this groundedness and peacefulness. That it's about the process, not about the results.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

I had learnt to seek intensity…more of life, a concentrated sense of life.