Addiction Quote by Gabor Mate

“The difference between passion and addiction is that between a divine spark and a flame that incinerates. Passion is divine fire: it enlivens and…

— Gabor Maté

“Any passion can become an addiction; but then how to distinguish between the two? The central question is: who’s in charge, the individual or…

— Gabor Maté

“Passion creates, addiction consumes.”

— Gabor Maté

“Addictions, even as they resemble normal human yearnings, are more about desire than attainment. In the addicted mode, the emotional charge is in the…

— Gabor Maté

If it isn't a passion, it isn't burning, it isn't on fire, you haven't lived.

— Diana Vreeland

Love's like a junkie, addiction's a fact. Passion's a monkey, you can't keep off your back.

— Elton John

Passion in all its forms is a mental thirst, a fever, a torturing unrest. As a fire consumes a magnificent building, reducing it to…

— James Allen

Addiction is an increasing desire for an act that gives less and less satisfaction

— Aldous Huxley

Love and joy are incredibly habit-forming; often a single exposure is enough to cause permanent addiction.

— John Brunner

Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even…

— Francoise Sagan

At every stage, addiction is driven by one of the most powerful, mysterious, and vital forces of human existence. What drives addiction is longing--a…

— Cornelius Plantinga

Passion is the drunkenness of the mind.

— Robert South