This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. Our most persistent and spectacular efforts are concerned not with the preservation of… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Your willingness to sacrifice yourself for something greater than your own desires is what will bring you victory. Only in the face… — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
“Let me know when you're ready to talk." She stopped and glanced at them both over her shoulder. "Maybe then I'd be… — Lora Leigh Copy Share Image
It was with the Industrial Revolution, as society plunged ever more eagerly into the conquest of material riches and bent all its… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
Being wealthy isn't just a question of having lots of money. It's a question of what we want. Wealth isn't an absolute,… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourself… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
“All who seek to know Me, know this... All your seeking and yearning will be in vain unless you understand the Mystery… — Trista Hendren Copy Share Image
I have supported candidates whose views are very different than mine on the need the break up Wall Street banks, on the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Men do not live by truth alone; they also need lies: those that they invent freely, not those that are imposed on… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
Chastity, non-injury, forgiving even the greatest enemy, truth, faith in the Lord, these are all different Vrittis. Be not afraid if you… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Is it thy will, thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my slumbers should… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
As the tall dark and handsome male star, Carey Grant always stands for male beauty and desirability, whether in a 30s screwball,… — Steven A. Cohen Copy Share Image
We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our being; we desire to live an imaginary… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I'm learning how much I have to learn, how little I know, how fragile my understanding is. I'm learning to be thankful… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
It's saying no. That's your first hint that something's alive. It says no. That's how you know a baby is starting to… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“If our desire is to enjoy and perhaps eventually transcend the Matrix, we must select with great circumspection the thoughts we wish… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
An intelligent couple can read their Darwin and know that the ultimate reason for their sexual urges is procreation. They know that… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Real confidence has no bluster or bombast. It's not rooted in a desire to seem better than everyone else and it's not… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“. She was beautiful, and her temperament seemed much better than his first wife did. Arman stopped in the middle of the… — Grace Willows Copy Share Image
In my younger days I struggled constantly with an overwhelming but pure love affair - my only one, and I would have… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
Further conceive, I beg, that a stone, while continuing in motion, should be capable of thinking and knowing, that it is endeavoring,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The issue with desire is at the root of what it means to be human. There are major issues with how we… — Laura Dodsworth Copy Share Image
I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problem to solve, with only the desire to use pencil on paper... but as… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
Self-reflection is a desire felt by the body, as well as the soul. As dancers, healers, and saints all know, when you… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
Then no rightful cause was left, and the pain of anger was turning into the shameful pain of submission. He had no… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Today, America poses a threat to peace and security in the world. Therefore, the slogan "Death to America" is no longer used… — Ali Khamenei Copy Share Image
“They say that life is an accident, driven by sexual desire, that the universe has no moral order, no truth, no God.… — Ved Vyasa Copy Share Image
Faith may always be acquired. Whoso is devoid of faith, and desires to have it, may acquire it by living for a… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
The human mind has a desire to know its place in the universe and the role we play in the tapestry of… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Coca-Cola remains emblematic of the best and worst of America and Western civilization. The history of Coca-Cola is the often funny story… — Mark Pendergrast Copy Share Image
Believe me, I know all about bottle acoustics. I spent much of the sixth century in an old sesame oil jar, corked… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
Some persons hold that, while it is proper for the lawgiver to encourage and exhort men to virtue on moral grounds, in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Kant also identified idle desires with wishing and active desire with willing, and he seemed to think that one of the problems… — Manfred Kuehn Copy Share Image
Desire is a word I'm tired of. I've been living with that word for years. Yes, of course, we're all desiring machines.… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
At the outset do not be worried about this big question-Truth. It is a very simple matter if each one of you… — William Osler Copy Share Image
Who is there today who still cares about a well-finished death? No one. Even the rich, who could after all afford this… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
So where did these cravings come from? I concluded it's the baby ordering in. Prenatal takeout. Even without ever being in a… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
