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Marquis de SadeSexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite.

—  Marquis de Sade, 1740-1814, French writer

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Søren KierkegaardFaith is the highest passion in a man.

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

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Søren KierkegaardIt's better to get lost in the passion than to lose the passion.

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

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Vincent Van GoghI would rather die of passion than of boredom.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Blaise PascalClarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.

—  Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker

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La RochefoucauldIf we conquer our passions, it is more from their weakness than from our strength.

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

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Joseph CampbellPassion will move men beyond themselves, beyond their shortcomings, beyond their failures.

—  Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic

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Hermann HesseWhat you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

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Julia ChildFind something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it

—  Julia Child, 1912-2004, American chef, author & TV personality.

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Joseph RouxReason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.

—  Joseph Roux, 1834-1905, French clergyman & poet

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La RochefoucauldPassion often renders the most clever man a fool, and even sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

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Karl KrausKeep your passions in check, but beware of giving your reason free rein.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Jean de La BruyèreIt sometimes happens that the woman hides all the passion she feels for a man and the man pretends all the passion he does not have.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

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Saul BellowHuman character is smaller now, people don't have durable passions; they've replaced passions with excitement.

—  Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976

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George Bernard ShawThe roulette table pays nobody except him that keeps it. Nevertheless a passion for gaming is common, though a passion for keeping roulette tables is unknown.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Zadie SmithThe object of the passion is just an accessory to the passion itself.

—  Zadie Smith, 1975-, British writer

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Donald TrumpWithout passion you don't have energy, with out energy you have nothing.

—  Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA

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Joseph JoubertTenderness is the repose of passion.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

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Alfred TennysonThe happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but on the mastery of his passions.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Albert CamusThere is scarcely any passion without struggle.

—  Albert Camus, 1913-1960, French writer, Nobel 1957

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Karl JungA man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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Karl KrausFeminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.

—  Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer

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Paul ValeryWhat one wrote playfully, another reads with tension and passion; what one wrote with tension and passion, another reads playfully.

—  Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet

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Dr. Thomas FullerThe Passions are like Fire and Water: good Servants, but bad Masters.

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

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Charles BukowskiFind what you love and let it kill you.

—  Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer

Bertrand RussellThree passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Joseph JoubertIf you want to give men a virtue, first give them a passion.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Joseph JoubertWe use up in the passions all the stuff that was given to us for happiness.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Orson WellesIn Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed – they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love and 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!

—  Orson Welles, 1915-1985, American actor & film director

Rainer Maria RilkeNo one can advise or help you — no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Coco ChanelPassion goes, Boredom remains.

—  Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer

André MalrauxThe supreme force of art and love is to force us to want to exhaust the inexhaustible in them.

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

André MalrauxLike love, art is not pleasure but passion.

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

Henry de MontherlantEverything that is not passion has a background of boredom.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

Henry de MontherlantVanity is the dominant passion of man.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

Nikola TeslaWhen natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots.

—  Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943, Serbian-American inventor

Nicolas ChamfortAll passions are exaggerated, otherwise they would not be passions.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

Nicolas ChamfortLove, says Plutarch, silences all other passions. He is the dictator before whom other passions disappear.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

StendhalOur true passions are selfish.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

Ambrose BierceZeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

Personal Stories

Sigmund FreudA man like me cannot live without a hobby-horse, a consuming passion — in Schiller’s words, a tyrant... My tyrant is psychology.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Quotes in Verse

Antonio MachadoIn my heart I had the thorn of a passion.
I managed to take it off one day.
I no longer feel my heart.

—  Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright

Movie Quotes

I’m No Angel (1933)Well, it's not the men in your life that counts. It's the life in your men.

—  from the film I’m No Angel (1933)

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