It is quite normal to fear what one most desires. We desire to transcend the Story of the World that has come… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of pity. One, the weak and sentimental kind, which is really no more than the heart's impatience to… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent;… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
But the question to precede all others, which finally determines the course of our lives is What do I really want? Was… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“He seemed to have lost the power of intellectual effort, now that the stimulus of pain had been removed. He was not… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to feel this Sophie. Like I’ve led you on, or like I can’t be with anyone else. “ “Lucien,… — Kitty French Copy Share Image
“For her, sex was nothing more than an itch. And this phsychological and physiological neutrality of hers at once relieved her of… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Like, in general I think people have very complicated reasons for wanting things, and we often have no idea whether we’re actually… — John Green Copy Share Image
Let those parents that desire Holy Children learn to make them possessors of Heaven and Earth betimes; to remove silly objects from… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
The desire the law makers have in having only dispensary owners to control marijuana is part of the game our law makers… — Steven Machat Copy Share Image
Allah said, 'A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires… — Ibn Ishaq Copy Share Image
I think words are the thing that either triumphs for you, in your desire to communicate something, or fails. I love language… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda is not a nation-state and it has not signed the Geneva Conventions. It shows no desire to obey the laws… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
But in order to speak about all and to all, one has to speak of what all know and of the reality… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Miki-san... do you truly want that person's dream to come true? Or is it that you want to be that person's savior… — Magica Quartet Copy Share Image
If you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings,… — Cheryl Richardson Copy Share Image
I don't have the desire that I think a lot of performers feel - to get the applause. It's not life or… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
“When we crave the touch and the feel of an unfeigned world, we must not waver and put our quest on the… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
You should never feel lonely, neglected, fearful, or defeated when you remember that there are the shining ones. They are watching with… — Flower A. Newhouse Copy Share Image
“He raked his hands through his hair and blew out a long breath. Damn it, he’d known lust before, but this…this aching… — Jacquie D'Alessandro Copy Share Image
I definitely think social media does cause this desire to be perfect. It can make kids feel like they've got quite a… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
There were many books in my parents' home. I'm from a family of five children and we were all readers. And so… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Hence, at the moment of the creation of the universe, God could also have activated evolution, with full knowledge of how it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“[The]...feeling for what one should want, in contrast with actual desire, is stronger in the unthinking than in those sophisticated by education.… — Frank H. Knight Copy Share Image
“Her hand lifted without any volition on her part, as if it were the hand itself that wanted to be held by… — Lisa Marie Rice Copy Share Image
I made a lot of mistakes along the way, but feel incredibly lucky to be in the position I am now and… — Justin Lin Copy Share Image
The Merchant, to Secure His Treasure The merchant, to secure his treasure, Conveys it in a borrowed name: Euphelia serves to grace… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“We are all made up of yearning and light, searching for a way out, afraid we will be shut in or cut… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life: maturity reached slowly and against many obstacles, illnesses cured, griefs and… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“Perhaps when you were a little child, people would sometimes take your toy away from you. You learned to cry, to try… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
Science is an intellectual journey, and to me, it's not the destination, it's the journeyto get there. It's a way of thinking… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Ordinarily, even when people become religious, they go on thinking in terms of having - possessing heaven or possessing the pleasures of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“She had that feeling again, fleeting as it may be. She’d always wondered what it would feel like to empty the soul… — J.T. Ellison Copy Share Image
“I wanted to hear his window open, hear his espadrilles on the balcony, and then the sound of my own window, which… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, expresses it this way: “To desire my joy is to desire the joy of the one I… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image
But the instinct of hoarding, like all other instincts, tends to become hypertrophied and perverted; and with the institution of private property… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
It is clear that God is saying, 'I gave man dominion over the earth, but he lost it. Now I desire mature… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image