A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
I think that 'Floor Sample' is a story of resiliency, a lifelong spiritual search, and a lifelong sense of spiritual companionship that… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
The third class of evils comprise those which everyone causes to himself by his own action. This is the largest class, and… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
I am blind. I am also a stand-up comedian and actor who has benefited from the desire of a very small number… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
You must assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled until your assumption has all the sensory vividness of reality. You must imagine… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
Men love to trust God (as they profess) for what they have in their hands, in possession, or what lies in an… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
Researchers were surprised to find that people with strong self-control spent less time resisting desires than other people did. . . .… — Roy Baumeister Copy Share Image
On Christ’s glory I would fix all my thoughts and desires, and the more I see of the glory of Christ, the… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Like a lot of business owners out there, I don't desire to face the continual flogging from government regulators who push burdensome… — Brandon Webb Copy Share Image
Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
You tell me: Can you live crushed under the weight of the present? Without a memory of the past and without the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We have the Noble Desire to help others and benefit the world, without expecting any return or recognition. What makes us great… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you want to know the one reason that's taking me back, I'll tell you: I cannot bring myself to abandon to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
You make adjustments according to the specifics of the character.It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
No other sentiment draws people to Jerusalem than the desire to see and touch the places where Christ was physically present, and… — Paulinus of Nola Copy Share Image
“I ... overflow; my desires have invented new desire, my body knows unheard-of-songs. Time and again ... I have felt so full… — Helene Cixoux Copy Share Image
My father... never required me to study anything, but he knew how to inspire in me a great desire for knowledge. Before… — Andre-Marie Ampere Copy Share Image
The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart, When the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“I have wanted you for so long now,” he said roughly, “I’ve no memory of how it feels to be devoid of… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
My theory is that humans aren't really bad; we all do bad things, but being bad is not our natural state. You're… — Seal Copy Share Image
Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Every temptation that is resisted, every evil thought that is curbed, every desire that is subdued, every bitter word that is withheld,… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
At the very beginning, it's a desire and that's not the same thing at all, because when you have the desire to… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
I am fond of reminding my yoga students of the saying "It takes one to know one" when they become lost I… — Prem Prakash Copy Share Image
The problem isn't materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from gratifying the senses alone.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Excuse me,’ I said cheerily. ‘Is the job still going?’ I pointed to the notice. ‘Of course,’ he said, looking back at… — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
So if there was a way that I knew something about my character's desires or the things that they were resisting because… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
“Do you know what I would answer to someone who asked me for a description of myself, in a hurry? This: ??… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
in love, gallantry is necessary. Even when the first wild desire is gone, especially then, there is an inherent need for good… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
An All-American is an ordinary person with an extraordinary desire to excel. You don't get to the top of the mountain by… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
There is a very Simple Secret to being happy. Just let go of your 'demand' on this moment. Any time you have… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
All the same, my depression and self-hatred, my desire to mutilate myself with broken bottles, my numbness and crying fits, my inability… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
God, we are told, is willing to render himself inconsistent and ridiculous, to confound the curiosity of those whom, we are at… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
“The fatal combination of indulgence without feeling disgusts me. Strange to be both greedy and dead. For myself, I prefer to hold… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“With each passing year our tolerance for unpleasant sensations decreases, and our craving for pleasant sensations increases. Both scientific research and economic… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“His velvet brush dips deep and lingers there in the warm inkwell of her endless desire. The ink of passion flows for… — Brianna Hughes Copy Share Image
I didn't know how I was going to get to the Olympics, and in the beginning, I didn't really care. And that… — Gretchen Bleiler Copy Share Image
