Quotes about Passion
Men enslaved by self, passionate, proud, and condemnatory, believe their particular creed or religion to be the Truth, and all other religions to be error; and they proselytize with passionate ardor. There is but one religion, the religion of Truth. There is but one error, the error of self. Truth is not a formal belief; it is an unselfish, holy, and aspiring heart, and he who has Truth is at peace with all, and cherishes all with thoughts of love.
— James Allen
Yes, humanity surges with uncontrolled passion. id tumultuous with ungoverned grief, is blown about by anxiety and doubt; only the wise man, only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.
— James Allen
Passion is not power; it is the abuse of power, the dispersion of power. Passion is like a furious storm which beats fiercely and wildly upon the embattled rock whilst power is like the rock itself, which remains silent and unmoved through it all.
— James Allen
What we typically call love is only the start of love. Our understanding of love has been hijacked and beguiled by its first distractingly moving moments.
— Alain de Botton
Cooks are an undervalued, awesome profession.
— Tom Douglas
I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.
— Marina Abramovic
Hospitality and cooking are my passion, and I love nothing more than seeing someone's face when they taste an unforgettable bite.
— Ayesha Curry
Chose your love, love your choice.
— Thomas Monson
Activism is something that no one can fake. You get angry. You cry. But you never throw in your towel, because that anger is what is propelling you to further action.
— Leymah Gbowee
Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence.
— Virginia Woolf
Jesus Christ raised women above the condition of mere slaves, mere ministers to the passions of the man, raised them by His sympathy, to be Ministers of God.
— Florence Nightingale
There is spontaneity to my work.
— Lady Gaga