“It is impossible to exist without passion”
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
“But the passion of jealousy cannot exist without the passion of love, and is like its parent, creative, impetuous, and credulous.”
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“Passion cannot be beautiful without excess; one either loves too much or not enough.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
Ein Mensch wie ich kann ohne Steckenpferd, ohne herrschende Leidenschaften, ohne einen Tyrannen in Schillers Worten, nicht leben. Ich habe meinen Tyrannen gefunden und in seinem Dienst kenne ich kein Maß.
Letter to Wilhelm Fliess (1895), as quoted in Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences Vol 3-4 (1967) p. 159
1890s
Context: A man like me cannot live without a hobby-horse, a consuming passion — in Schiller's words a tyrant. I have found my tyrant, and in his service I know no limits. My tyrant is psychology. it has always been my distant, beckoning goal and now since I have hit upon the neuroses, it has come so much the nearer.
“You cannot have strong leadership without passion.”
Patrick Dixon book Building a Better Business
Building a Better Business (2005)
“Love without passion has no value.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: L'amore senza passione non ha alcun valore.
Source: prevale.net
“Jealousy is a grievous passion that jealously seeks what causes grief.”
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) austrian dramatic and writer
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Man of Letters
Erich Fromm book The Art of Loving
The Art of Loving (1956)
Context: Envy, jealousy, ambition, any kind of greed are passions; love is an action, the practice of human power, which can be practiced only in freedom and never as a result of compulsion.
Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a "standing in," not a "falling for." In the most general way, the active character of love can be described by stating that love is primarily giving, not receiving.
“Passion is like suffering, and like suffering it creates its object.”
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), XI : The Practical Problem
Context: Passion is like suffering, and like suffering it creates its object. It is easier for the fire to find something to burn than for something combustible to find the fire.
“With increasing passion comes increasing creativity to reach people.”
Craig Groeschel (1967) American priest
It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)