Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason.
John Wesley
You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion.
Garrison Keillor
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
Amiel
But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
George Santayana
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.
Federico Fellini
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
The law is reason free from passion
Aristotle
If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength
Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.
D.H. Lawrence
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
Benjamin Franklin
Intellectual passion drives out sensuality
Leonardo da Vinci
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what he loves.
Blaise Pascal
Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost.
Proverb