“passion is all consuming”
“And, what is more, we know how an all-consuming passion for freedom in the world never fails to lead to conflicts and wars which are no less consuming. ”
“As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.”
“Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.”
“Always remember that hatred and love are equally consuming passions, and that in affairs of the heart there is a fine line between the two.”
“Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his own passions”