Do not vainly lament, but do wonder at the rule of transiency and learn from it the emptiness of human life. Do… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The spirit of Texas seems to pervade our everyday existence. Our desire is to be superlative, not only the largest, but also… — Denton Cooley Copy Share Image
“Is language all about desire? Is desire all about loss? Would we ever need to say anything if we never lost anything?… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
Whatever posessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it hangs on to them, refusing to let them go… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to change, but change demands desire and discipline before it becomes delightful. There is always the agony of choice before… — Larry Lea Copy Share Image
Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities. — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share Image
“There is woven inside each of us a desire for something more—a craving to be part of something bigger, greater, and more… — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Now there was only one hope, the sovereign grace of God. God would have to transform my heart to do what a… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Many people, young and old, male and female, whites and blacks think only about being rich, comfortable and to spend luxuriously. Well,… — Samule Kermis Copy Share Image
I don't know if anyone has noticed but I only ever write about one thing: being alone. The fear of being alone,… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Listen. Look. Desire is a house. Desire needs closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
All you want is to be happy. All your desires, whatever they may be, are longing for happiness. Basically, you wish yourself… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
A man that advances in spiritual and in temporal matters at the same time, minding to keep the spiritual first, will not… — Jedediah M. Grant Copy Share Image
Vanity, fear, desire, competition - all such distortions within our own egos - condition our vision of those in relation to us.… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Listen, you have now found the conditions in which the desire of your heart can become the reality of your being. Stay… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
I'm conscious that there's only a limited amount that I'll get done before I get shuffled into retirement, but I certainly have… — Sam Neill Copy Share Image
“I will not fear my passions, like a coward; I will give my body entirely to pleasure, to dreamed-of joys, the most… — Constantinos P. Cavafis Copy Share Image
...the materialism of modern civilization is paradoxically founded on a hatred of materiality, a goal-oriented desire to obliterate all natural limits through… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I wanted the heat and the sweat and the passion of a man that I could love and trust. And I wanted… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
I have spent many years holding so tightly to things - wants, desires, etc. - but inevitably, they or something even better… — Allison McAtee Copy Share Image
“I am Desire, am I not? That is what I am; that is what I do. I make things want things. Where… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
This bored fantastic woman, with her animal nature, giving herself the pleasure of seeing her enemy struck down, not a particularly keen… — Gustave Moreau Copy Share Image
I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in a… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
The actual consequences of Plan Colombia are to devastate peasant communities, which have been driven to drug production. These peasants have no… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have this desire to have this immaculate form of love that really doesn't exist, so my obsession goes on through life… — Angel Haze Copy Share Image
Anyone can have a desire to touch the sky, but those who really do, are the ones who continue their mission even… — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from… — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
One who desires to excel should remain committed and make the best use of his talent. Not necessarily outperform others, but his… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
When the soul is understood and attended to, we can be liberated from hurry, preoccupation, unsatisfied desires, and chronic discontent. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Being your slave what should I do but tend, Upon the hours, and times of your desire? I have no precious time… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I just got a chance to see strong tenacity and a desire to be on top from some young women who have… — MC Lyte Copy Share Image
One of the big things that broke the band up for me, which I've become much clearer on over the years, was… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I have found that there are two ways of dealing with men. Either you treat them with respect, or you kill them.… — Paul Kearney Copy Share Image
“You know, when I see a good-looking man, the first thing I think about is sex. I want to see him naked,… — Fiona Thrust Copy Share Image
“I have said that I cannot explain my desire for her, and it is true. I loved her with a love thirsty… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
We're involved in racing because there's that element of competition. But there's that desire to push yourself beyond the natural comfort zone… — Allan McNish Copy Share Image
You were overwhelmed by my desire? What planet are you from? (Geary to Arik) Moronia. Every full moon they teleport the Morons… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Ah, in this world, where every guiding thread Ends suddenly in the one sure centre, death, The visionary hand of Might-have-been Alone… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
