Desire Quotes
That man is truly free who desires what he is able to perform, and does what he desires.
For to pretend that men may live habitually sinful lives without any attempt by the Spirit to mortify sin in them, nor with any desire for repentance, is to deny the Christian religion.
A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.
Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.
Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.
Properly understood, then, the desire to act justly derives in part from the desire to express most fully what we are or can be, namely free and equal rational beings with the liberty to choose.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
I am, as ever, a poor sinner, a captive of eternal love, running by the side of His triumphal chariot, and I have no desire to be anything else as long as I live.
The object of man's desire is not to enjoy once only, and for one instant of time; but to assure for ever, the way of his future desires.
Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me.
What I desire most of you, my son, is never to gamble or swear. These are baneful vices.
The only thing required of you is to allow all your raging desires to relax into preferences. Then everything will be done through you and for you, not by you.
What I want is to live of that initial and primordial something that was what made some things reach the point of aspiring to be human.
In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering a report on reality, but should be looking at what's behind something.
Slowing down is the precursor to Yoga practice because this simple act allows us to consider our thoughts, feelings and actions more carefully in the light of our desire to live peacefully.
Mans desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.
I feel a great desire to abandon myself with greater trust to the Divine Mercy and to place my hope in God alone.
For all my desire to be interesting, I have to confess that for most things and people I don't give a damn.
Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.
Capture the feeling associated with your realized wish by assuming the feeling that would be yours were you already in possession of the thing you desire, and your wish will objectify itself.
Discipline imposed from the outside eventually defeats when it is not matched by desire from within.
Jesus, I live for Thee, I labor for Thee, I desire only Thee. Thou in me and I in Thee; Thou with me and I with Thee; Thou all mine and I all Thine.
At its heart, legalism is a desire to appear holy. It is trying to be justified before men and not God.
If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.
The world is no more than the Beloved's face. And the desire of the One to know its own beauty, we exist.
The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form.
All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.
It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.
I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.
I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings.
I have the normal desire, experienced by everybody who's ever flown an airplane with a certain amount of zoom capability, to go a little bit higher and a little bit faster.
The will to prepare, the guts to risk, and the desire to be the best. These are trademarks of champions.
The most significant life is the one lived on the basis of a personal sense of justice and the desire to see justice realized everywhere.
Thoughts are mental energy; they're the currency that you have to attract what you desire. You must learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don't want.
True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already.
Desire may be compared to a minute seed. It is like a big banyan tree growing out of a seed, which is no bigger than a dot.
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
What do we lose by another's good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them. That should be our desire and determination.
Thank God we in Iran have neither the desire nor the need to suffer from democracy.
...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings delight.
