Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.

The key to every man is his thought.… He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.

—Seneca

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

—Seneca

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

—Seneca

Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order.

—Seneca

Whatever limits us, we call Fate.

—Seneca

It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

—Saul Bellow

Your pasion must come from the things that fuel you from the inside. Honors and awards are nice things, but only to the extent that they regard the real respect from your peers.

—Salma Hayek

You will not find your passion in things and you will not find your passion in money. The more things and the more money you have, the more you will look around and use that as the metric and there will be someone with more.

—Robert Sternberg

You will need to find your passion. Don't give up on finding it because then all you're doing is waiting for the Reaper.

—Rebecca West

I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.

—Oprah Winfrey