Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Topics: Passion Quotes

There is no bad day that cant be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet....

There is no bad day that cant be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet....

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the...

There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the...

Every person who knows how to read has it in their power to magnify themselves,...

Every person who knows how to read has it in their power to magnify themselves,...

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the...

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the...

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most...

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most...

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one;...

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one;...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it...

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it...

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

Experience teaches only the teachable.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but...

It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but...

Never underestimate the power of passion

Never underestimate the power of passion

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring