Desire Quotes

Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy.

I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.

I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel.

I don't have the desire to be the best standup in the UK but I do have the desire to be the best at everything else I do in terms of writing and acting.

I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me.

I can change, but as we speak now, I really have zero desire to see my name in the press.

The law is reason unaffected by desire.

A human soul devoid of longing was a soul deformed, deprived of its highest good, sick unto death.

Can one desire too much of a good thing?

I have no desire to prolong uncertainty.

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.

All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves...

The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.

You can't ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step outside of the endless cycle of desire and aversion.

A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer!

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

Every satisfaction he attains lays the seeds of some new desire, so that there is no end to the wishes of each individual will.

There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head.

For every man who has learned to fight in arms will desire to learn the proper arrangement of an army, which is the sequel of the lesson.

EVERY intense desire is perhaps basically a desire to be different from what we are.

I'm ready to forgive him for the desire to be a king, but not for wanting to have 23 million court jesters.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn't matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

Lessen selfishness and restrain desires.

But the meaning of life is not . . . explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the human heart answered by a bank account.

Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it.

The moment you say yes to acting on your desire is the real beginning.

We wait for the fulfillment of our desires. We wait with hope, apathy, resignation, belief. We become despondent, elated. We wait

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

Cleanse your body and soul, removing malice, selfishness and desire.

History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners.

I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.

A voluntary simplification of life-styles is not beyond our abilities, but it is probably outside our desires.

Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.

No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.

Freaks are called freaks and are treated as they are treated – in the main, abominably – because they are human beings who cause to echo, deep within us, our most profound terrors and desires.

The magistrate is the servant not of his own desires, not even of the people, but of his God

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.

The world is going on because not all can be free of desires. People with desires are born again and again.

I resolved from the beginning of my quest that I would not be misled by sentiment and desire into beliefs for which there was no good evidence.

Live each moment from your own inspiration, not from your desire to look good in the eyes of others.

Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.

Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy.

If you make provision for the desires of the flesh and bear a grudge against your neighbor on account of something transitory, you worship the creature instead of the Creator.