Quotes about desire
desire want fewer
The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods. Socrates
desire climate hardest-hit
Being told about the effects of climate change is an appeal to our reason and to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who seek to ignore it. Sigmar Gabriel
desire impossible making-peace
Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must make peace impossible. Norman Angell
desire merit praise
If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it. Norm MacDonald
desire matter likes
I would have nobody to control me; I would be absolute: and who but I? Now, he that is absolute can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure can be content; and he that can be content has no more to desire. So the matter 's over; and come what will come, I am satisfied. Miguel de Cervantes
desire
She who desires to see, desires also to be seen.
desire want lines
Such a muddy line between the things you want/And the things you have to do. Sheryl Crow
desire becoming honestly
I have no desire to be dominated. Honestly I don't. And yet I find myself becoming angry when I'm not. Nora Ephron
desire sometimes dislike
Sometimes you have to do something you dislike to create something you desire. Mike Murdock
desire modern-life satisfaction
The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction. Mignon McLaughlin
desire facts wealth
I desire ... to leave this one great fact clearly stated. THERE IS NO WEALTH BUT LIFE. John Ruskin
desire answers molecules
No. The answer was no, I was not all right. I nearly got knocked out. Knocked out by desire! Desire for forbidden dissimilar molecules Meg Cabot
desire stronger records
The stronger and more intense my desire becomes to capture and record that which is unsayable, the more tightly my mouth stays shut. Max Beckmann
desire drs needs
You want to be a good person, don't you, Pat?' I nod. I cry. I do want to be a good person, I really do. 'I'm going to up your meds,' Dr. Patel tells me. 'You might feel a little sluggish, but it should help to curb your violent outbursts. You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire. Matthew Quick
desire needs action
You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.
desire trouble knows
Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire. Plautus
desire type terrible
There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless. Plato
desire conditions
Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.
desire poverty wealth
Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.
desire levels needs
Sometimes I'm uncomfortable with the level of fame I've got! It all depends on the day and what's going on. I don't desire any more fame. I don't need it. Philip Seymour Hoffman
desire steps right-direction
Change doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with the desire, then one small step in the right direction. Paula Deen
desire impossible unlawful
Unlawful desires are punished after the effect of enjoying; but impossible desires are punished in the desire itself. Philip Sidney
desire arbitrary might
To will a new form is unacceptable, because will builds distortion. Desire, too, is incomplete and arbitrary. These strategies, however intimate they might become, must especially be removed to clear the way for something else... Philip Guston
desire stories never-quit
I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied. Martin Scorsese
desire one-day stories
Yet the story of Orpheus, it occurs to me, is not just about the desire of the living to resuscitate the dead but about the ways in which the dead drag us along into their shadowy realm because we cannot let them go. So we follow them into the Underworld, descending, descending, until one day we turn and make our way back. Meghan O'Rourke
desire fame deeper
Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity. Meagan Good
desire delight satisfaction
Even in heavenly pleasures he finds no satisfaction, the disciple who is fully awakened delights only in the destruction of all desires. Max Muller
desire favors crosses
When our deepest desire is not the things of God, or a favor from God, but God Himself, we cross a threshold. Max Lucado
desire weak force
Weak thoughts, weak desires: he felt their force. Maurice Blanchot
desire may needs
I shall be supplied with whatever I need; and, if I have not everything I desire, I may conclude it is either not fit for me, or I shall have it in due time. Matthew Henry
desire disgusted disgusting
We are disgusted by the things that we desire, and we desire what disgusts us. Mario Cuomo
desire ugly world
My desire is to be pure again and not dirtied by the world. But it's my duty to be as ugly and as filthy as I am, so the audience can experience what I have. Marilyn Manson
desire significant significance
The desire to be significant casts a pall. Mason Cooley