A man after God's own heart is... a man who yearns to please God, a man who desires to grow spiritually, a… — Jim George Copy Share Image
“It's not that I feel alone because I have no friends because I have lots of friends. I know that I have… — Rob Ryan Copy Share Image
“[On writing Jeeves and Wooster stories]: You tell yourself that you can take Jeeves stories or leave them alone, that one more… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme,… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Remember, Body… Body, remember not only how deeply you were loved, not only the many beds where you lay, but also those… — Constantinos P. Cavafis Copy Share Image
“Passion is different from interest. Those who are just interested in things have the “wish”, but passionate people have the “will”.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
You can't ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind,… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
The mind leaps, and leaps perhaps with a sort of elation, through the immensities of space, but the spirit, frightened and cold,… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
“When in my early twenties, I first heard Ghalib’s ‘Hazaron Khwahishein Aisi’ in Jagjit Singh’s rendition for the TV serial Ghalib, I… — Arundhati Ghosh Copy Share Image
Resign every forbidden joy; restrain every wish that is not referred to God's will; banish all eager desires, all anxiety; desire only… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can,… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
We must put up with our clothes as they are - they have their reason for existing. They are on us to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Only when we can accept God as he is can we give up the desire for spiritual experiences that we can feel. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
Probably the most potent desire for a painter, an image-maker, is to see it. To see what the mind can think and… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
I've always been an engineer devoted to the potential of advanced technologies. Like most engineers, I have a keen sense of curiosity… — Min Kao Copy Share Image
You cannot entirely control your subconscious mind, but you can voluntarily hand over to it any plan, desire, or purpose which you… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Now Eros makes a man really want, not a woman, but one particular woman. In some mysterious but quite indisputable fashion the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Happy indeed are the arahants! No craving can be found in them. Cut off is the conceit 'I am,' Burst asunder is… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The clearer you are about the consequences of your actions and the more intensely you desire to enjoy the consequences that your… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
. . . in America, we have achieved the Orwellian prediction - enslaved, the people have been programmed to love their bondage… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Most of us yearn for really intimate, healthy, in-person relationships. People have a deep desire to be understood, to be told that… — Ze Frank Copy Share Image
“Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind. Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind. Feed my will to… — Tool Copy Share Image
Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Meeting the body's micronutrient needs helps to suppress food cravings, and high-nutrient foods do not produce dangerous, addictive craving. — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams. — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
The vow of silence, that's the mind-blower. See, talking is what I do... i t's a real need with me, a craving,… — Andrew Schneider Copy Share Image
Superstition is related to this life, religion to the next; superstition is allied to fatality, religion to virtue; it is by the… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
In the "Intervention" section of the book we go into that looping from a battery of positions (where healer and sufferer are… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
When I first arrived at the Matignon, my desire was to reconcile Parliament and De Gaulle. I had forgotten only two things.… — Georges Pompidou Copy Share Image
“Young love-making--that gossamer web! Even the points it clings to--the things whence its subtle interlacing are swung--are scarcely perceptible; momentary touches of… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
You've certainly mellowed out... you used to be fun, full of life and emotion. Lust, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, and Pride.… — Hiromu Arakawa Copy Share Image
The love of God it's all I desire. Because when I have love, I have everything. — Magdalyn Copy Share Image
The individualism of American life, to our glory and despair, creates anger and encourages its release; for when everything is possible, limitations… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
It would send an unbelievably terrible signal to reformers across the region. It would say we've abandoned our desire to change the… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I believe there is something on this earth that you desire more than anything, and it isn't me. — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
Our country was born out of a desire to be free. And every day since, it's been protected by our men and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image