Quotes about Passion
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
— Oscar Wilde
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiousity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Love is my religion - I could die for it.
— John Keats
He is not a lover who does not love forever.
— Euripides
Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.
— Henry David Thoreau
Love is the great conqueror of lust. Being in love is far better than either common sensuality or cold self-centeredness.
— CS Lewis
The grand essential to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
— Joseph Addison
Ill love you with all my heart, in every life, through every death. I will not be bound by anything but my love for you.
— Lauren Kate
No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful.
— Marquis de Sade
All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one.
— Marquis de Sade
One must do violence to the object of one's desire when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.
— Marquis de Sade
Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other.
— Marquis de Sade