“As if thought were not our most passionate, our most ardent aspect.”
“I had always thought myself to be a man of moderate passions indistinguishable in that respect from most Englishmen born to our logical and mannered times.”
“One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.”
“What is stronger in us — passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?”
“It is when we experience God most closely that our hearts burn most passionately to show his compassion to others.”
“Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions.”