"Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and not with the Master."

Chambers, Oswald | Determination | 1 bookmarks

"When I was young, I said to God, god, tell me the mystery of the universe. But God answered, that knowledge is for me alone. So I said, god, tell me the mystery of the peanut. Then God said, well, George, that's more nearly your size."

Carver, George Washington | God | 4 bookmarks

"Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions."

Disraeli, Benjamin | Greatness | 2 bookmarks

"Patience is passion tamed."

Abbott, Lyman | Patience | 7 bookmarks

"Passion is the genesis of genius."

Robbins, Anthony | Passion | 2 bookmarks

"Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion."

Hall, Bishop | Extremes and Extremists | 2 bookmarks

"Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes."

Cosby, Bill | Music | 4 bookmarks

"I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell | Life and Living | 1 bookmarks

"You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas."

Herzen, Alexander | Passion | 2 bookmarks

"Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things."

Diderot, Denis | Passion | 3 bookmarks