Desire Quotes
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The self forms at the edge of desire, and a science of self arises in the effort to leave that self behind.
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My mother saw nothing inconsistent in her traditional desire to look after her husband and children and her radical politics. She began her civil rights work before most people had ever heard the word 'feminism,' and in those early years, she was focused on racial justice.
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They are not long, the weeping and the laughter. Love and desire and hate; I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate.
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The deepest longing in the human breast is the desire for appreciation.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Greatest victory which we desire, is to defeat truth and Lo! Truth is undefeated.
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Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world.
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Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course.
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Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax.
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Timotheus, to his breathing flute, And sounding lyre,Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
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Desire is making people build ships and cities, has made men conquer nations... and it can defeat that nicotine.
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Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.
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Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make a few points that appeal to the jury, and waiting for the opportunity to respond can be painful. The desire to jump up immediately - to point out the flaws in logic or the factual distortions - is often overpowering.
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It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
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High achievements demand some other unusual qualification besides an unusual desire for high prizes.
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Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the accumulation of Longing and Desire.
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I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.
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Why.. is human desire so unsatisfying?
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Take note, theologians, that in your desire to make matters of faith out of propositions relating to the fixity of sun and earth you run the risk of eventually having to condemn as heretics those who would declare the earth to stand still and the sun to change position-eventually, I say, at such a time as it might be physically or logically proved that the earth moves and the sun stands still.
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The reason we can't attain the highest level of knowledge while incarnate is that we can't then wholly escape the influence of the body (and so of perception and of certain desires that take us away from thinking properly); and that prevents us from understanding fully what forms are, which one must do in order to have the highest level of knowledge.
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You hurt and have sharp desire, yet your presence is a healing calm.
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I don't have a desire to make films that have cardboard cut-out or Hollywood stand-in replicas of humans. I need the real deal.
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It is better to desire than to enjoy, to love than to be loved.
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A high-nutrient diet will reduce your desire for high-calorie, low-nutrient foods. Within weeks, your taste buds will change, and you'll lose interest in the unhealthy foods you once thought you could never live without. You'll feel more satisfied eating fewer calories than you were eating before. The result is lasting health and permanent weight loss.
