Desire Quotes
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I desired dragons with a profound desire. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in the neighborhood. But the world that contained even the imagination of Fáfnir was richer and more beautiful, at whatever the cost of peril.
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It's the desire to study the human condition, the desire for collaboration, to learn and absorb, and to lead a well-examined life.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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There are perhaps only one or two things in the world which are not far more charming in desire than they are in possession.
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Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.
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You live by the light of the moon, and I live by desire.
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Light love is desire of pleasure; great love is fear of being alone.
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We desire to give the Soviet people absolute liberty of voting for those they desire to elect, those whom they trust to ensure their interests.
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre.
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I don't think the players play with the same desire they once did.
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Oh! might I kiss those eyes of fire, A million scarce would quench desire; Still would I steep my lips in bliss, And dwell an age on every kiss; Nor then my soul should sated be, Still would I kiss and cling to thee: Nought should my kiss from thine dissever, Still would we kiss and kiss for ever; E'en though the numbers did exceed The yellow harvest's countless seed; To part would be a vain endeavour: Could I desist? -ah! never-never.
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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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By the delusions of seeming good the people are often misled to desire their own ruin; and they are frequently influenced by great hopes and brave promises.
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Reciting part of a sutra with the desire to benefit others is like reciting a recipe in the hope it will prevent people from starving.
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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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I'm sure it appeared on the surface that I jumped from band to band for the sake of my career, but that's never been my intent. My whole desire in my career was to be in one band.
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Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.
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Men as well as women, must strive for a balance of experience. Masculinity, defined as requiring the ability to act physically or mentally but excluding anything too emotional or nurturing, currently denies men this balance. Their ability to care is seen as inappropriate for everyday use, and a lack of desire for power or promotion are seen as signs of inadequacy.
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The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.
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It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler. So, it can be called great.
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Will you lose everything you've got if you open your own restaurant? Who knows. Will unleashing your secret desire to teach tap dancing ruin your reputation as a professional wrestler? Who knows. And who cares? Unless your unknown puts you at risk of death, prison, or bodily harm, you have nothing to lose except living a dull, uninspired life.
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I may be older and wiser, I may have lived another life since then, but I know that when my time eventually comes, the memories of that day will be the final images that float through my mind. I still love her, you see, and I‟ve never removed my ring. In all these years I‟ve never felt the desire to do so.
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Everybody thinks himself so well supplied with common sense that even those most difficult to please. . . never desire more of it than they already have.
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In the history of a soul’s evolution there is a critical point of the human incarnation that decides for us whether we stay there, go down or progress upwards. There is a knot of worldly desires impeding us; cut the knot by mastering desires and go forward. This done, progress is assured.
