“Do you know what passion is?” I blink, confused. “Most people think it only means desire. Arousal. Wild abandon. But that’s not… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
My interest in writing about American history stemmed originally, I think, from a subconscious desire to find roots - I felt like… — Jean Fritz Copy Share Image
I hope Hong Kong isn't just named Hong Kong but it can still be the Hong Kong we desire. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
“Your deepest desire,” he observes, “is the one manifested by your daily life and habits.”6 This is because our action—our doing—bubbles up… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
It is all your desires that you see, when you think. But when your mind is quiet, without desire, you are complete… — H. W. L. Poonja Copy Share Image
This is what you learned in college," the narrator tells you early on. "A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a… — Pam Muñoz Ryan Copy Share Image
The trade agreement which I had the privilege of signing with your Prime Minister last autumn is tangible evidence of the desire… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“The knowledge that he had left me with no intent ever to return had come over me in tiny droplets of realization… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Balancing hopes, desires and an appreciating of the possibilities with a clear-eyed assessment of the limitations: that is the art of choosing. — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
GOD Has Planted in Your Heart [ ] The Desire To Search For HIM. Do Not Look At Your Weaknesses But Focus… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Vanity is apt to inspire contempt, but that becomes immediately tempered by a gentler and more gracious feeling; for the vain man… — Arthur Alfred Lynch Copy Share Image
“When you have clarity and commit to manifesting your heart’s desire, you will be drawn to those who light you up on… — Annette Vaillancourt Copy Share Image
Almost certainly, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
“The Holy Longing Tell a wise person, or else keep silent, Because the massman will mock it right away. I praise what… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
God cannot hear the prayers on our lips often because the desires of our heart after the world cry out to Him… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Chacun peut e prouver en soi ce double mouvement: de s ir de s'inte grer a' la socie te , besoin de… — Nathalie Sarraute Copy Share Image
In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body time." "They do not keep clocks in… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Those desiring to escape from suffering hasten right toward suffering. With the very desire for happiness, out of delusion they destroy their… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
His desire to bless you goes infinitely beyond your own personal desire to secure His blessing. There is always peace in His… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is [to] restore a sense of idealism and end the cynicism in state government. Bring to… — Rod Blagojevich Copy Share Image
The Slave must be made fit for his freedom by education and discipline, and thus made unfit for slavery. And as soon… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image