Best Vehemence Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

Source: The works of John Dryden: now first collected in eighteen volumes. Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author

“Man is distinguished not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion, from all other animals.”

Men Reason Passion Animal Curiosity Distinguished Vehemence

Book:The Moral and Political Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury: Never Before Collected Together : To which is Prefixed, the Author's Life, Extracted from that Said to be Written by Himself, ...

Source: The Moral and Political Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury: Never Before Collected Together : To which is Prefixed, the Author's Life, Extracted from that Said to be Written by Himself, ...

“The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge.”

Equal Resolution Combat Vehemence Vacillation

Book:The Rambler

Source: The Rambler

“Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own. Whether it is our own meaningless self we are upholding, or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.”

Self Can Do Effort Support Atheism Expression Evidence Blind Positive Atheism Doctrine Meaningless Frenzy Vehemence

Author:Eric Hoffer

“Christianity is the religion of melancholy and hypochondria. Islam, on the other hand, promotes apathy, and Judaism instills its adherents with a certain choleric vehemence, the heathen Greeks may well be called happy optimists.”

Wells May Hands Certain Christianity Islam Greek Melancholy Apathy Optimist Judaism Instill Heathen Vehemence

Author:Franz Grillparzer

“The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. No, in the soul's conflict, force and fervor, decision and devotion, valour and vehemence, must join their forces, and all will be well.”

Wells Soul Fighting Force Decision Enemy Needed Conflict Devotion Moses Petitions Fervor Valour Vehemence

Book:Devotional Classics of C. H. Spurgeon

Source: Devotional Classics of C. H. Spurgeon

“What makes divorce happen is that you can't be in the same space any more, for whatever reason - but the love stays. And that's the killer. That's where the vehemence and anger and rage comes from.”

Reason Happens Space Divorce Rage Killers Vehemence

Author:Dustin Hoffman

“The man who loves God with a true heart, and prizes him above all things, sometimes sheds floods of tears at prayer, and has in abundance of favours and spiritual feelings coming upon him with such vehemence, that he is forced to cry out, "Lord! let me be quiet!”

Men Heart Sometimes Feelings Spiritual Prayer Lord Cry Tears He Man Quiet All Things Let Me God Love Abundance Prize Shed Flood Favour Vehemence True Heart

Book:The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri

Source: The Maxims and Sayings of St Philip Neri

“There can be no freedom for Africa without justice; and no justice without declaring war on Africa's poverty, disease and famine with as much vehemence as we remove the tyrant and the terrorist.”

War Justice Poverty Disease Terrorist Remove Tyrants Famine Declaring Vehemence Declaring War

Author:Tony Blair

“The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval.”

Writing Book Stories Certain Speak Challenges Written Critics Chosen Criticize Disapproval Vehemence

Author:Joyce Maynard

“Moreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: 'Have confidence; I have overcome the world'”

World Christian Born Greater Willing Overcoming Gods Will Triumph Combat Assured Have Confidence Vehemence

Author:Pope Leo XIII

“I have reflected a great deal on that event, and continue to do so. I cannot give you a complete answer in a few sentences. But I would say that I was struck at that time by the vehemence of the anger from various sides, and the anger was in many cases directed at those who share a Catholic faith. I understand that such anger, such vehemence arises from sincere and passionate conviction, but I believe expressing it in such vitriolic terms gets us nowhere.”

Giving Believe I Believe Sides Term Answers Deals Cases Share Events Catholic Passionate Various Conviction Sentences Arise Sincere Vehemence Catholic Faith

Author:John I. Jenkins

“It seems to me it's perfectly possible to vehemently disagree with a piece of work and to say that it's offensive and insulting and so on and so on. And you're absolutely entitled to do that and to speak back, if you like, against that piece of speech with all the vehemence at your disposal. I mean, that's legitimate. Even other things. People have a right to demonstrate.”

People Ifs Mean Seems Speak Pieces Speech Disagree Entitled Offensive Insulting Vehemence

Author:Salman Rushdie

“In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.”

Source: The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy

“The vehemence of my moral indignation surprised me. Was I beginning to have standards and principles, and, oh dear, scruples? What were they, and what would I do with them, and how much were they going to get in my way?”

Way Moral Principles Standards Dear My Way Indignation Scruples Vehemence Moral Indignation

Book:The Dud Avocado

Source: The Dud Avocado

“Coming near him like a ballet dancer she took a leap towards him, and he, frightened by her vehemence, and fearing that she would crash against him, instinctively became absolutely rigid, and she felt herself embracing a statue.”

Felt Dancer Leap Frightened Ballet Crash Statues Ballet Dancer Vehemence

Author:Anais Nin

“The vehemence of emotion, stirred by grief and love within me, was claiming mastery, and struggling for full sway; and asserting a right to predominate: to overcome, to live, rise, and reign at last; yes,--and to speak.”

Lasts Speak Grief Emotion Struggle And Love Overcoming Mastery Reign Vehemence

Book:Jane Eyre

Source: Jane Eyre

“The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian”

Heart Feelings Passion Mere Profound Affection Philosopher Conclusion Agitation Vehemence Plebeians

Book:An inquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions. An. inquiry concerning the principles of morals. The natural history of religion

Source: An inquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions. An. inquiry concerning the principles of morals. The natural history of religion

“So you shun me? - you shut yourself up and grieve alone! I would rather you had come and upbraided me with vehemence. You are passionate: I expected a scene of some kind. I was prepared for the hot rain of tears; only I wanted them to be shed on my breast: now a senseless floor has received them, or your drenched handkerchief. But I err: you have not wept at all! I see a white cheek and faded eye, but no trace of tears. I suppose, then, that your heart has been weeping blood?”