musical work/composition

Passion

song by RAC ft. Louis the Child

Notable quotes

“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.”
— Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Journal Intime, entry for December 17, 1856 (1882).
“It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.”
— T. S. Eliot, Doctoral dissertation in philosophy; submitted to Harvard in 1916. Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley, ch. 1, Columbia University Press (1964).
“We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.”
— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1832).
“Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse.”
— Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7. 19-21.
“The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.”
— Bertrand Russell, Introduction to the 1961 edition of Sceptical Essays (1961).
“Where passion leads or prudence points the way.”
— Robert Lowth, Choice of Hercules.

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“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.”
— Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Journal Intime, entry for December 17, 1856 (1882).
“It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.”
— T. S. Eliot, Doctoral dissertation in philosophy; submitted to Harvard in 1916. Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley, ch. 1, Columbia University Press (1964).
“We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.”
— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1832).
“Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse.”
— Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7. 19-21.
“The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.”
— Bertrand Russell, Introduction to the 1961 edition of Sceptical Essays (1961).
“Where passion leads or prudence points the way.”
— Robert Lowth, Choice of Hercules.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.