The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
Passion makes every detail important.
Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves.
Nobody notices postmen, yet they have passions like other men.
It was the mystical dogma of Bentham and Adam Smith and the rest, that some of the worst of human passions would turn out to be all for the best. It was the mysterious doctrine that selfishness would do the work of unselfishness.
You cannot grow a beard in a moment of passion.