Desire Quotes
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I see more people all the time feeling something growing from within them to more fully realize their heart's desire, their desire to give more, to be more, to do more.
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Never mind what is. Imagine it the way you want it to be so that your vibration is a match to your desire. When your vibration is a match to your desire, all things in your experience will gravitate to meet that match every time
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An honest self-portrait is extremely rare because a man who has reached the degree of self-consciousness presupposed by the desire to paint his own portrait has almost always also developed an ego-consciousness which paints himself painting himself, and introduces artificial highlights and dramatic shadows.
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I have no desire to look at myself.
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One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of your desire you are still not satisfied. The true antidote of greed is contentment.
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Power was passion. That hunger - it was desire. A voracious need and longing to consume, to become one.
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To act well in this world, one must sacrifice all personal desires. The people who become missionaries of religious thought have no other Fatherland than this thought. Man is not on Earth merely to be happy, nor even simply to be honest. He is here to realize great things for humanity, to attain nobility, and to surmount the vulgarity of nearly every individual.
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The greatest flood has the soonest ebb; the sorest tempest the most sudden calm; the hottest love the coldest end; and from the deepest desire oftentimes ensues the deadliest hate.
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Every satisfaction he attains lays the seeds of some new desire, so that there is no end to the wishes of each individual will.
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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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You have your brains, but it's energy and desire that make you write a book.
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Women who try to be equivalent with men need desire.
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If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
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All human beings have an innate desire to overcome suffering, to find happiness. Training the mind to think differently, through meditation, is one important way to avoid suffering and be happy.
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The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Godhead fires, the soul attains.
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A heart filled with desire for sweetness and tender souls must not waste itself with unsavory matters.
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Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don’t make ripples all around you, don’t try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world.
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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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Remove the conflict between your desires and your duties, peace will come.
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There's nothing wrong with dreaming about accomplishing great things, as long as that desire isn't focused on one's own glory.
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Why.. is human desire so unsatisfying?
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The living all assemble! What's the cue?-- Do what the clumsy partner wants to do!
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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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Having a sincere desire to want growth does not mean at that point you are committing yourself to growth.
