Iris Murdoch Quotes About Passion

Quotes about: Passion

• Love is the source of our greatest errors; but when it is even partially refined it is the energy and the passion of the soul in its search for Good, the force that joins us to Good and joins us to the world through Good. Its existence is the unmistakable sign that we are spiritual creatures, attracted by excellence and made for the Good. It is a reflection of the warmth and light of the sun.

  Iris Murdoch

  Love, Life, Spiritual

  Iris Murdoch (2013). “The Sovereignty of Good”, p.100, Routledge

• People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist privilege to see how odd everyone is.

  Iris Murdoch

  Passion, Character, Thinking

  "Fictional character: Iris Murdoch". "Iris", www.imdb.com. 2001.

• Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

  Iris Murdoch

  Confused, Passion, Moral

  Iris Murdoch (1988). “The book and the brotherhood”, Viking, 1988

• What a test that is: more than devotion, admiration, passion. If you long and long for someone’s company you love them.

  Iris Murdoch

  Passion, Long, Tests

  Iris Murdoch (2001). “The Sea, The Sea”, p.46, Penguin

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