Thus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man. — Democritus Copy Share Image
“I tell you naught for your comfort, Yea, naught for your desire, Save that the sky grows darker yet And the sea… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Hope and desire, All unfulfilled, Have more than rope And hangman killed.” — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire.” — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
“Within the nature of every person is a desire to feel appreciated, to feel needed, and to be loved.” — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Godhead fires, the soul attains. — William Morris Copy Share Image
“Why did he sit so near and keep his eye on her? Why did they not have done with this searching and… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
It doesn't take an incredible manner of analysis to reveal that our primary desires are incessantly stimulated to keep us basic consumers. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“Desire gives pain to the heart from which springs both hope and worry. Out of suspicion I make mistakes that grow into… — Laurel Corona Copy Share Image
I'm often accused of 'going too far,' but I recognize that behind my desire to shock is an even stronger desire to… — Anne Beatts Copy Share Image
Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
First the stalk - then the roots. First the need - then the means to satisfy that need. First the nucleus -then… — Robert Collier Copy Share Image
The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“If you’re supposed to work with someone, I’d recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word… — Katherine McIntyre Copy Share Image
“Don’t you want to be free of all that? [33] ‘But how can I do it?’ You’ve often heard how – you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Copy is not written. If anyone tells you ‘you write copy’, sneer at them. Copy is not written. Copy is assembled. You… — Eugene Schwartz Copy Share Image
My desire was no less than before, you understand, but I no longer identified with the desire. Perhaps that is why taking… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
In the end, it's extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too.… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I think all kids are curious. They're drawn to the bad guy and they're drawn to things that are dark. It's not… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
Here I am in the garden laughing an old woman with heavy breasts and a nicely mapped face how did this happen… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
Summer has come with the loveliness of a mother Heat, not warmth, now pours onto my face, aging me, taking me closer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“Don’t you want to be free of all that? [33] ‘But how can I do it?’ You’ve often heard how – you need to suspend desire completely, and train aversion only on things within your power. You should dissociate yourself from everything outside yourself – the body, possessions, reputation, books…” quote by Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e35/epictetus-413_desire_don-t-you-want-to-be-free-of-all-that-33_2718024.jpg)
