Happiness and joy are not the same. For what does the fervent craving for joy mean? It does not mean that we… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
If this advertisement be not sufficient, I can only protrude my wormlike tendrils of apology, craving forbearance on the grounds that a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Gautama’s insight was that no matter what the mind experiences, it usually reacts with craving, and craving always involves dissatisfaction. When the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
You don't realize that if you stop looking backwards craving the love and acceptance which you didn't receive from your parents, then… — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
The craving for colour is a natural necessity just as for water and fire. Colour is a raw material indispensable to life.… — Fernand Leger 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
...art must must carry man's craving for the ideal, must be an expression of his reaching out towards it; that art must… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
A sentence is like a tune. A memorable sentence gives its emotion a melodic shape. You want to hear it again, say… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
That’s a funny thing: you think, when awful things happen, everything else just stops, like you would forget to pee and eat… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be no enjoyment. The opposite is true. When you're caught up in craving, you… — Lorne Ladner Copy Share Image
You've got to drop something. You've got to drop illusions. You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Inside every child is an 'emotional rani's waiting to be filled with love. When a child really feels loved, he will develop… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
We invest far off places with a certain romance... Long summers, mild winters, rich harvests, plentiful game; none of them lasts for… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Homeopathy may be defined as a specious mode of doing nothing. While it waits on the natural progress of disease and the… — Jacob Bigelow Copy Share Image
Take the gesture, the action of writing. I have an almost obsessive relation to writing instruments. I often switch from one pen… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
With mindfulness we have the choice of responding with compassion to the pain of craving, anger, fear and confusion. Without mindfulness we… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
“God as God is feeling … yet shut up, hidden; … Christ is the unclosed, open feeling of the heart. … Christ… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
Natural knowledge, seeking to satisfy natural wants, has found the ideas which can alone still spiritual cravings. I say that natural knowledge,… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The question I try and ask myself when I consider whether or not to train more is what is my body craving… — Ryan Hall Copy Share Image
But countless studies have shown that a cue and a reward, on their own, aren't enough for a new habit to last.… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
We know there are certain chemicals that are designed to give us a rush of pleasure. But, one of the most amazing… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Very few persons, comparatively, know how to Desire with sufficient intensity. They do not know what it is to feel and manifest… — Robert Collier Copy Share Image
“Can you imagine NOT craving to be different than you are right now? Take a breath. For just a moment... can you… — Danielle LaPorte Copy Share Image
“Either woe or well-being, sometimes I have a craving to be engulfed. This morning (in the country), the weather is mild, overcast.… — Robert Barthes Copy Share Image
“You are the first woman—the only woman. Before you came I was content. Since we met, I have been in torment. You… — Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey Copy Share Image
The principal cause of suffering is craving. Once craving is eliminated, much suffering will be eliminated. Still more suffering will be eliminated… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
I'm really conscious of the amount of food I eat, but I don't deny myself anything. For example, I have a really… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
Each creature walks a perfect earth. Each one gets the suffering and comfort that he needs. When ALL cravings and needs are… — Zeina Copy Share Image
“A sharp bolt of hunger hit Luther hard. His knees almost buckled, his poker face almost grimaced. For two weeks now his… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
You need the practice of mindfulness to bring your mind back to the body and establish yourself in the moment. If you… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When did you get so smart?" He tapped his forehead. "Brain transplant. They put in a whale's. I'm passing all my classes… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Passion is what we live for. The excitement it brings us, the drive we feel to do it, the feeling of emptiness… — Monique N. Peterson Copy Share Image
“She was familiar with this immaterial hunger. There had been times when her entire life had seemed characterized by this craving. By… — Cynthia Rogers Parks Copy Share Image
“The way a love letter longs to be read I long for you. The way the poor Kane longs for his sled… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
After a solid day of fishing, I'm craving something hearty. That's where a jug of buttermilk comes in. Poaching fish in buttermilk… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
Every dictator is a mystic, and every mystic is a potential dictator. A mystic craves obedience from men, not their agreement. He… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to believe that science consists in nothing but conclusively proved propositions, and it is unjust to demand that… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Thoughtful men, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads with surety to… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
