„Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.“

„Eternity has no gray hairs! The flowers fade, the heart withers, man grows old and dies, the world lies down in the sepulchre of ages, but time writes no wrinkles on the brow of Eternity.“

—  Reginald Heber English clergyman 1783 - 1826

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 213.

„How fast passes away the glory of this world.“

—  Thomas à Kempis, libro Imitazione di Cristo

Book I, ch. 3.
These words are used in the crowning of the pope.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)
Originale: (la) O quam cito transit gloria mundi.

„It's better to get lost in the passion than to lose the passion“

—  Sören Kierkegaard Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism 1813 - 1855

„The passion of laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmities of others, or with our own formerly…“

—  Thomas Hobbes, libro Leviatano

The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic Pt. I Human Nature (1640) Ch. 9
Origine: Leviathan

„The full measure of the Passion will not be attained until the end of the world.“

—  Aurelius Augustinus early Christian theologian and philosopher 354 - 430

Origine: On the Mystical Body of Christ, pp. 424-425
Contesto: What does the Scripture mean when it tells us of the body of one man so extended in space that all can kill him? We must understand these words of ourselves, of our Church, or the body of Christ. For Jesus Christ is one man, having a Head and a body. The Saviour of the body and the members of the body are two in one flesh, and in one voice, and in one passion, and, when iniquity shall have passed away, in one repose.
And so the passion of Christ is not in Christ alone; and yet the passion of Christ is in Christ alone. For if in Christ you consider both the Head and the body, the Christ’s passion is in Christ alone; but if by Christ you mean only the Head, then Christ’s passion is not in Christ alone. Hence if you are in the members of Christ, all you who hear me, and even you who hear me not (though you do hear, if you are united with the members of Christ), whatever you suffer at the hands of those who are no among the members of Christ, was lacking to the sufferings of Christ. It is added precisely because it was lacking. You fill up the measure; you do not cause it to overflow. You will suffer just so much as must be added of your sufferings to the complete passion of Christ, who suffered as our Head and who continues to suffer in His members, that is, in us. Into this common treasury each pays what he owes, and according to each one’s ability we all contribute our share of suffering. The full measure of the Passion will not be attained until the end of the world.

„The observer of nature see, with admiration, that "the whole world is full of the glory of God."“

—  Carl Linnaeus Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist 1707 - 1778

Lachesis Lapponica: Or, A Tour in Laplan http://books.google.es/books?id=vQ5XAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=es#v=onepage&q&f=false (1811), translated by James Edward Smith, Lulea, p. 238.

„Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.“

—  Emil M. Cioran, libro A Short History of Decay

A Short History of Decay (1949)

„The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet,
A chafing savage, down the decent street;
And passion rends my vitals as I pass,
Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass.“

—  Claude McKay Jamaican American writer, poet 1889 - 1948

The White House, l. 5-8

„The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.“

—  Robert Jordan American writer 1948 - 2007

(15 January 1990)

„God’s purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God’s glory and that I have a passion for my joy in that glory, and that these two are one passion.“

—  Jonathan Edwards Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian 1703 - 1758

„I look back on tremendous efforts & exhaustion & dismal looking out of a tent door on to a dismal world of snow and vanishing hopes - & yet, & yet, & yet there have been a good many things to set the other side.“

—  George Mallory British mountaineer 1886 - 1924

Diary entry (27 May 1924), published in Kingdom of Adventure — Everest (2006) by L. V. Stewart Blacker, p. 124

„The world no doubt grows better; comfort is increased from age to age.“

—  Theodore Parker abolitionist 1810 - 1860

"Thoughts on Labour" in The Dial (April 1841).
Contesto: The world no doubt grows better; comfort is increased from age to age. What is a luxury in one generation, scarce attainable by the wealthy, becomes at last the possession of most men. Solomon with all his wealth had no carpet on his chamber-floor; no glass in his windows; no shirt to his back. But as the world goes, the increase of comforts does not fall chiefly into the hands of those who create them by their work. The mechanic cannot use the costly furniture he makes. This, however, is of small consequence; but he has not always the more valuable consideration, TIME TO GROW WISER AND BETTER IN. As Society advances, the standard of poverty rises. A man in NewEngland is called poor at this day, who would have been rich a hundred and fifty years ago; but as it rises, the number that falls beneath that standard becomes a greater part of the whole population. Of course the comfort of a few is purchased by the loss of the many. The world has grown rich and refined, but chiefly by the efforts of those who themselves continue poor and ignorant. So the ass, while he carried wood and spices to the Roman bath, contributed to the happiness of the state, but was himself always dirty and overworked. It is easy to see these evils, and weep for them. It is common also to censure some one class of men — the rich or the educated, the manufacturers, the merchants, or the politicians, for example — as if the sin rested solely with them, while it belongs to society at large. But the world yet waits for some one to heal these dreadful evils, by devising some new remedy, or applying the old. Who shall apply for us Christianity to social life?

„This isn't a particularly novel observation, but the world is full of people who think they can manipulate the lives of others merely by getting a law passed.“

—  Groucho Marx American comedian 1890 - 1977

„Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.“

—  Graham Greene, libro A Sort of Life

A Sort of Life, ch. 7, sct. 1 (1971)

„We don’t do what we do for the glory or the fame or the credit; we do it for the quiet satisfaction of making the world a better place, saving the lives of innocents, and being better than you are.“

—  Derek Landy Irish children's writer 1974

Origine: Dark Days

„A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.“

—  Nelson Mandela President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist 1918 - 2013

Nelson Mandela on selflessness, Kliptown, Soweto, South Africa (12 July 2008). Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation http://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/mini-site/selected-quotes

„No matter what your age and no matter where you come from, everyone can change the world in some way, whether it's being a mentor to someone younger than you or someone that doesn't have as much experience as you. If you're passionate enough, you can do whatever you want and definitely change the world.“

—  Josh Groban American musician and actor 1981

Teen People Video Short, 20 Teens Who Will Change the World, 2003

„The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.“

—  Czeslaw Milosz Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator 1911 - 2004

„One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.“

—  E.M. Forster English novelist 1879 - 1970