“He was an enthusiast—enthusiasm is needed for action; calculation never acts—it is a passive principle.”

“If you want to be enthusiastic,
act enthusiastic.”

“Do not mistake energy for enthusiasm; the softest speakers are often the most enthusiastic of men.”

“People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.”

“It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.”

“This is passive-aggression in action.”

“Whether or not your actions are determined, you have to act on the assumption that you have free will. If you are determined, your attempt at free will loses you nothing. However, if you are not determined and you act on the assumption that you are, you will never attempt anything. You will simply be a passive blob that things happen to.”

“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”

“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”

“Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.”