If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.
Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.
Our true passions are selfish.
We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
In order to preserve the dominion of our own passions, it behooves us to be constantly and strictly on our guard against the influence and infection of the passions of others.
Our passion is our strength.
Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up.