Quotes about Controlled Passion

The finest fury is the most controlled.

Yes, humanity surges with uncontrolled passion, is tumultuous with ungoverned grief, is blown about by anxiety and doubt; only the wise man, only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.

Writing for me must be a very controlled exercise, formed by passions and hopes.

Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke.

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

emotions of that kind ought to be more restrained, without violet irises and crying violins.

I'm on the very edge right now." His voice throbbed with raw lust. "I want you under me. I want to claim you, get myself all over you. And as much as I'd love to mount you right here in public, right now—and I think in my past, I would have—I never want anyone to see you like that but me.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.

Caesar does not love, nor does he inspire love. He diffuses an equable sense of ordered good will, a passionless energy that creates without fever, and which expends itself without self-examination or self-doubt.

Anger is like fire. It burns all clean.

The art of sex is the art of controlled abandon.

Affection is a coal that must be cool'd, Else suffer'd it will set the heart on fire.

His nostrils flared, he was breathing like a picadored bull.

Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.

Daniel felt a controlled importance, a fine passionate honing of his attention and intellect that made him impatient with his whole previous life.

Emotions, particularly anger, are like fire. They can cook your food and keep you warm, or they can burn your house down.

Saat olla kiihkeä ja tulinen, mutta kiihkosi ja tulesi on valauduttava kiinteään, vakuuttavasti taiteelliseen muotoon, muuten se merkitsee vain sohimista. Harkinnan ja rauhan alta kuultava kiihkeys tekee voimakkaamman vaikutuksen kuin holtiton tunteittensa purkaminen

Love is spontaneous, but it has to be maintained through discipline.