passion quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart."
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"Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see."
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"If you want to love what you do, abandon the passion mindset ('what can the world offer me?') and instead adopt the craftsman mindset ('what can I offer the world?')."
205
"Happiness was not the direct object of a Stoic's life. There is no rule of life contained in the precept that a man should pursue his own happiness. Many men think that they are seeking happiness when they are only seeking the gratification of some particular passion, the strongest that they have."
347
"People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else."
666
"Compassion is the basis of morality."
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"There's nothing like the satisfaction of knowing you're doing something well, that you've worked and practiced hard to achieve your own standards of excellence. That's what mastery is: the drive to improve our skills or knowledge in areas we're passionate about."
226
"When you turn your back on the voices of those who are in pain and who are angry, you breed hate. Love is the way out, not hate."
284
"The unvarnished truth is that almost all the people you meet feel themselves superior to you in some way, and a sure way to their hearts is to let them realize in some subtle way that you recognize their importance, and recognize it sincerely."
331
"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures."
544
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
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"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!"
1072
"The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion."
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