Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak.… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety, when accepted, is the driving force to enlightenment in that it lays bare the… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
“People shouldn't have everything they want. No one is entitled to their every desire. To live in balance, we must willingly decide… — F.C. Yee Copy Share Image
It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“I grew exuberant in body but with a nervy, craving mind.It was wanting something more, something tangible. It sought for reality intensely,… — John Menlove Edwards Copy Share Image
“One day, when you are sitting with my sister, Mahgen, around a fire, and you're feeling how perfectly right it is to… — Madison Thorne Grey Copy Share Image
Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don’t make ripples all around you, don’t… — Etty Hillesum Copy Share Image
I assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
When it comes to power as it functions between humans, it all comes down to desire. If you know what someone wants,… — Courtney A. Kemp Copy Share Image
The Promised Land was a tangible representation of God's ultimate desire for His people, but they failed to comprehend His gift for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
True, I used to see a lot of hope. I saw men tear down the veils behind which the truth had been… — Ayi Kwei Armah Copy Share Image
Names generate meaning in a short amount of space — they provoke thoughts, questions. That's something I like doing. Of course, you… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
To a psychoanalyst, a woman pilot, particularly a married one with children, must prove an interesting as well as an inexhaustible subject.… — Louise Thaden Copy Share Image
“As his mind becomes purer and his emotions come under control, his thoughts become clearer and his instincts truer. As he learns… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“Every negative complex of emotion conceals a conflict, a problem or dilemma made up of contradictory or opposing motives or desires. Self-observation… — Adi Da Samraj Copy Share Image
As it turns out, the ecological catastrophe Kirk feared that would be the consequence of our impiety appears not to be one… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
I think when you embrace celibacy other elements of the relationship have to come forth. There isn't an opportunity for you to… — Edwina Findley Copy Share Image
“304. When you are in prison, you have but one desire: freedom. If you fall ill in prison, you do not think… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
His gaze slid over me like a veil of fire. He could ignite my deepest desires with a single glance. I decided… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At… — Confucius Copy Share Image
By the time I was a teenager, my desire to be daring and taste everything got me in trouble. Too often, I… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by what lies beneath the surface. If you manage to put desire on stage, it can be very exciting. It's… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
Cast aside those who liken godliness to whimsy and who try to combine their greed for wealth with their desire for a… — Khalil Copy Share Image
...If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. (151) — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I like to make music because it's fun to do and it makes me feel good, but I have no desire to… — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
You can't get out-fought and out-desired. I don't want to see that again. I won't tolerate less than 100 percent desire. I'm… — Tim Sherwood Copy Share Image
Satan wants us to constantly focus on everything that is wrong with us and look at how far we still have to… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
“the basis of life is not a greed to exist, not a desire of any kind. It's fear, the fear which I… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“...Your labor which gives form to desire takes from desire its form, and you believe you are enjoying Anastasia wholly when you… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
...and the most intense desire gave force to her passionate words as the girl glanced despairingly about the dreary room like a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character, and are as much personality needs as… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Sickness occurs when we desire what we need and what’s desirable with equal intensity, suffering our lack of perfection as if we… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“There is desire in the perfect, beauty in the imperfect. Thus I lust over the flawless, and fall amorously forceless to the… — Ilyas Kassam Copy Share Image
Texas has leadership that's motivated by desire to take care of the people that they represent, not by some power trip that… — Ronny Jackson Copy Share Image
There's time for everything; a time to cry and a time to laugh, a time to sow and a time to reap.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When You Get Little, You Want More. When You get More, You Desire Even More. But When You Lose It, You Realize… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
I'm a Democrat in that I work towards progressive things, but I also am laser-like focused in my desire to actually get… — John Delaney Copy Share Image
Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
