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“Art cannot single-handedly create enthusiasm... it merely contributes to enthusiasm and guides us to be more conscious of feelings that we might previously have experienced only tentatively or hurriedly.”

Art Feelings Might Conscious Guides Enthusiasm

Author:Alain de Botton

“A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle: and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. In poetic minds and in popular enthusiasm this feeling becomes closely associated with the soil and the symbols of the country. But the secret sanctification of the soil and the symbol is the idea which they represent, and this idea the patriot worships through the name and the symbol, as a lover kisses with rapture the glove of his mistress and wears a lock of her hair upon his heart.”

Source: On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891

“Weaknesses in men of genius are usually an exaggeration of their personal feeling; in the hands of feeble imitators they become the most flagrant blunders. Entire schools have been founded on misinterpretations of certain aspects of the masters. Lamentable mistakes have resulted from the thoughtless enthusiasm with which men have sought inspiration from the worst qualities of remarkable artists because they are unable to reproduce the sublime elements in their work.”

“The greatest contribution we can make to the wellbeing of those in our lives is to have peace in our own hearts. When our hearts are filled with gratitude and our minds are brimming with enthusiasm, everyone we encounter leaves our space feeling a little bit lighter than when they entered it.”

Mind Heart Littles Feelings Life Is Bits Space Our Lives Gratitude Little Bit Filled Enthusiasm Encounters Contribution Wellbeing Lighters

Author:David Simon

“Enthusiasm imparts itself magnetically and fuses all into one happy and harmonious unity of feeling and sentiment.”

Feelings Unity Enthusiasm Sentiments Harmonious Impart Fuse

Book:Table-talk

Source: Table-talk

“It is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers you to distinctions not to be understood, and feelings which it cannot explain. A man who would endeavor to fix an enthusiast by argument might as well attempt to spread quicksilver with his finger.”

Men Wells Reason Shows Feelings Might Impossible Understood Argument Pressure Fingers Spread Resistance Enthusiasm Distinction Endeavor Combat Elude

Book:The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces

Source: The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces