The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.

Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community read more

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.

From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical read more

From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step read more

I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.