William Blake Quotes
Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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I don't drink at lunchtime because I'm very weak at alcohol like most Asians.
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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That's the era we grew up in. It's weak to go to a psychiatrist.
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For Man's grim Justice goes its way,And will not swerve aside:It slays the weak, it slays the strong,It has a deadly stride:With iron heel it slays the strong,The monstrous parricide!
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A Mormon is a man that has the bad taste and the religion to do what a good many other people are restrained from doing by conscientious scruples and the police.
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Revenge is for the weak so I have settled my vendettas with all of the kids who made my early life a living hell.
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The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God.
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There is no strong beer, just weak men.
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Men are weak and constantly need reassurance, so now that they fail to find adulation in the opposite sex, they're turning to each other. Less and less do men need women. More and more do gentlemen prefer gentlemen.
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A soul who loves Jesus Christ desires to be treated the way Christ was treated-desires to be poor, despised, and humiliated.
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I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.
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The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires.
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Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
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Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak.
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There are no good saves, there are only weak shots.
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It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.
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Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.
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You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.
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Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick.
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Anger is certainly a kind of baseness; as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns; children, women, old folks, sick folks. Only men must beware, that they carry their anger rather with scorn, than with fear; so that they may seem rather to be above the injury, than below it; which is a thing easily done, if a man will give law to himself in it.
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The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
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Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
