“Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.”
“Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion...”
“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”
“There is nothing else for people to do. They do not think. They feel no passion, no hatred, no sadness; they feel nothing but fear, and a desire to control. So they watch, and poke, and pry.”
“The passions we cannot control are the ones that define us.”
“Someday we will realize that man is not controlled by laws, but byb passions. it is the strongest of passions that led to mankind's finest artistic creations. Men who aren't motivated by strong passions are nothing more than mediocre creatures. Great passions yield great men. If there is no passions, there is decrepitude and stupidity. - Marquis De Sade”