Quotes by Passion Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient, supple, and insinuating, only resorting to extreme measures in cases of absolute necessity. Alexis de Tocqueville delight passion enemy Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of it with regret. But for equality their passion is ardent, insatiable, incessant, invincible: they call for equality in freedom; and if they cannot obtain that, they still call for equality in slavery. Alexis de Tocqueville equality passion regret I have an intellectual inclination for democratic institutions, but I am instinctively an aristocrat, which means that I despise and fear the masses. I passionately love liberty, legality, the respect for rights, but not democracy....liberty is my foremost passion. That is the truth. Alexis de Tocqueville passion rights mean To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time must lend themselves to their committal. Alexis de Tocqueville passion government ideas Men living in democratic times have many passions, but most of their passions either end in the love of riches, or proceed from it. Alexis de Tocqueville riches passion men In democracies, nothing is more great or more brilliant than commerce: it attracts the attention of the public, and fills the imagination of the multitude; all energetic passions are directed towards it. Alexis de Tocqueville passion democracy imagination To build enormous palaces, to conquer or to mimic nature, to ransack the world in order to gratify the passions of a man, is not thought of, but to add a few yards of land to your field, to plant an orchard, or enlarge a dwelling, to always be making life more comfortable and convenient, to avoid trouble, and to satisfy the smallest wants without effort and almost without cost. These are small objects, but the soul clings to them; it dwells upon them closely and day by day, till they at last shut out the rest of the world and sometimes intervene between itself and heaven. Alexis de Tocqueville passion dwelling men As a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. And my own passion was that I wanted to be a film director. I realized that being an astronaut was not going to be an option, so I said, "Well, I'm going to be a director and do films in space." Alfonso Cuaron passion space kids We are all alike, and we love to keep passion aglow at our feet, Like one that sitteth in shade and complacently smiles at the heat. Alfred Austin shade passion feet Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people. Alfred Bester passion grateful men Could we look into the head of a Chess player, we should see there a whole world of feelings, images, ideas, emotion and passion Alfred Binet passion player ideas Of all sweet passions Shame is the loveliest. Alfred Douglas shame passion sweet The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character. Alfred Jarry passion theatre character The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. Alfred Lord Tennyson passion happiness men There has fallen a splendid tear Alfred Lord Tennyson passion flower life He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse. Alfred Lord Tennyson horse passion dog To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and aimable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes man. Alfred Lord Tennyson passion men years Woman is the lesser man, and all thy passions, match'd with mine, Alfred Lord Tennyson passion wine men No man of science wants merely to know. He acquires knowledge to appease his passion for discovery. He does not discover in order to know, he knows in order to discover. Alfred North Whitehead passion science knowledge Photography my passion, the search for truth, my obsession. Alfred Stieglitz passion photography photographer «678910111213141516»
