You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul
after thee, O God.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul
after thee, O God.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.rn

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.rn

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most

It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

We grow like flowers, and bear desire,
The odor of the human flowers.

We grow like flowers, and bear desire,
The odor of the human flowers.

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and read more

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace... but we would be hollow... Empty rooms shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead.