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Quotations about passions

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

Tags:   interests  knowledge  love  passions  suffering  

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

 - Carl Jung

Tags:   passions  

David HumeTo be happy, the passions must be cheerful and gay, not gloomy and melancholy. A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty.

 - David Hume

Tags:   happiness  passions  poverty  

Horace Govern your passions or otherwise they will govern you.

 - Horace

Tags:   moderation  passions  self-control