Desire Quotes · Page 172

Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.

— Ibn Taymiyyah

LOVE and LOVER live in Eternity. Other desires are substitutes for that way of being.

— Rumi

If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.

— William Jennings Bryan

As I learn to love myself, I recieve the love I desire from others.

— Shakti Gawain

I always thought the appeal for vampires are the same as religion, the desire to avoid death and live forever.

— Bentley Little

For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to Desire, and Desire is always cruel.

— Neil Gaiman

I think there's something redeeming about trying to follow your passion.

— Greg Sestero

At the core of humanity there is this empathic yearning to be loved.

— Jeremy Limn

A person has two passions for love and abhorrence. A big disposition to excessiveness has just a love, because it is more…

— Rene Descartes

There are many ways to be hungry. One can hunger for love, or fame or social justice, but hunger for food seems…

— Hamza Yusuf

Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.

— Twyla Tharp

I'm really quite exhausted at the moment, but you never know, you are always surprised at what you can find sometimes, and…

— Leisel Jones

It is hard for us to accept that the universe continues changing and evolving and moving inexorably forward, indifferent to our needs…

— Ruben Papian

... the effort, diligence, and care required in practicing must be quickly suspended when pressure coming from anxiety or a desire for…

— Paul Caponigro

There's a great deal of enthusiasm about quality, serious journalism. And some of it relates to personalities because it's people who do…

— Ari Melber

That 'simple desire' to share something meant that we could enter the world of language without words, where everything is always clear…

— Paulo Coelho

But they have two other Rights; those of sitting when they please, and as long as they please, in which methinks they…

— Benjamin Franklin

“My heart is burning a hole in my chest and every time you speak to me, it keeps sinking, and I'm left…

— Karen Quan

There's only one honest way to measure affluence; that's by comparing the capability of producing goods and services with the desire of…

— Louis O. Kelso

A Student is the most important person ever in this school...in person, on the telephone, or by mail. A Student is not…

— Anonymous

Gratitude brings a peace that helps us overcome the pain of adversity and failure. Gratitude on a daily basis means we express…

— Robert D. Hales

“Suffering drives progress.- The source of all suffering is the desire for a change in state. This is also the source of…

— James Clear

We create an image of who we are inside our self. The image then becomes very deeply entrenched, and it becomes the…

— Douglas Hofstadter

If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from…

— Gautama Buddha

I had no desire to be in the movies. All my training had been in the theater, thank God.

— Jack Lemmon

“What does it say about our culture that the desire for weight loss is considered a default feature of womanhood?”

— Roxane Gay

I just try to be the best I can be and hope that is the best ever.

— Tiger Woods

My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.

— Yasmin Mogahed

“I am a selfish, conceited, impudent little animal, it is true, but, after all, I am only one grand conglomeration of Wanting…”

— Mary MacLane

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Your desires will very often be contradictory and so will your strengths. All of our contradictions make us whole.

— Danielle LaPorte

I think that many players, just like me, feel a strong desire to play in the Premier League.

— Gabriel Jesus

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

— Plato

Ambition is one of the ungovernable passions of the human heart. The love of power is insatiable and uncontrollable.

— John Adams

The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you've been harboring since you were 7.

— Guillermo del Toro

Life is for action, and if we desire to know anything, we must make up our minds to be ignorant about much.

— Russell Kirk

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

— Samuel Johnson

“Don't fall for desire and greed. As it will bring deep consequences”

— Cholo Cruz

Since beings desire to exist, because to exist is a good thing: they desire the One without which they cannot exist.

— Nicholas of Cusa

A voluntary simplification of life-styles is not beyond our abilities, but it is probably outside our desires.

— Bill McKibben