Desire Quotes · Page 378

“Idle, she writes, to imagine falling in love as a correspondence of minds, of thoughts,; it is a simultaneous firing of two…

— Lawrence Durrell

Grant that the idea of God is the most splendid single act of the creative human imagination, and that all his multiple…

— Katherine Anne Porter

We've never had to confront a really nationalistic American government since the War of 1812. But if it ever happened, it would…

— Robert Bothwell

Both men and women are conceived as merely capable of response to a situation that their society has already defined for them…

— Margaret Mead

The desire to express in an art form and to compose a tableau and vignette whether it's humorous, burlesque, or poetic comes…

— Elia Suleiman

“The desire to lift, the willingness to help, and the graciousness to give come from a heart filled with love. The poet…

— Thomas S. Monson

Inside me is the same desperate hope I have watching the ravenous dead and thinking, Oh please, oh please, oh please. The…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I cannot classify the other, for the other is, precisely, Unique, the singular Image which has miraculously come to correspond to the…

— Roland Barthes

I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart.…

— Francis of Assisi

In Europe, the Enlightenment of the 18th century was seen as a battle against the desire of the Church to limit intellectual…

— Salman Rushdie

When the devil looks at a man who sincerely desires not to sin, he is not so unintelligent as to suggest to…

— Dorotheus of Gaza

“Human life must be some kind of mistake. The truth of this will be sufficiently obvious if we only remember that man…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“In consequence, when the pleasures have been removed which busy people derive from their actual activities, the mind cannot endure the house,…

— Seneca

Stay close by the door, if you desire all beauty And leave aside sleep, if you wish to arrive And make of…

— Rabia Basri

“Desire for goodness, Mister Reese, leads to earnestness. Earnestness in turn leads to sanctimonious self-righteousness, which breeds intolerance, upon which harsh judgment…

— Steven Erikson

There are times when personal experience keeps us from reaching the mountain top and so we let it go because the weight…

— Bell Hooks

The desire to live life to its fullest, to acquire more knowledge, to abandon the economic treadmill, are all typical reactions to…

— Edgar Mitchell

A tender young cork, however, would have had no more chance against a pair of corkscrews, or a tender young tooth against…

— Charles Dickens

For my heart is always with Him, day and night it thinks unceasingly of its heavenly and divine Friend, to whom it…

— Elizabeth of the Trinity

“I want you, Hank. I'm much more of an animal than you think. I wanted you from the first moment I saw…

— Ayn Rand

If you keep your attention in the body as much as possible, you will be anchored in the Now. You won't lose…

— Eckhart Tolle

According to theism, if a universe is to have any probability of existing, this probability is dependent upon God's beliefs, desires and…

— Quentin Smith

“It is described as a nonjudgmental attention, independent of the usual burden of likes, dislikes, opinions, ignorance, worry, aggression, craving, fear, selfishness,…

— Julie T. Lusk

There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other…

— Ehud Olmert

Either to die the death or to abjure For ever the society of men. Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires; Know of…

— William Shakespeare

Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals. Success is the…

— Deepak Chopra

I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave…

— Kerry Washington

Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom,…

— Baltasar Gracian

A shared choice movement sees the fetus as the genes of a woman and the genes of a man; the flesh of…

— Warren Farrell

Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge made that critical leap from 'be afraid' to 'be very afraid,' raising the terrorist threat level to…

— Jon Stewart

I was trained professionally to connect with people as a therapist. That's job number one, having a empathetic regard towards someone who…

— William Fitzsimmons

Human memory awakens and extinguishes at will. It dulls and sharpens actions, enlarges and shrinks those who perform them. It humbles and…

— Meir Shalev

I’m aware that there is a bigger, far more complicated world out there than I’d ever realized, and just like the students…

— Susan Jane Gilman

We must face the bitter fact that we have forsaken our great dream of a life of, for, and by the people;…

— Saul Alinsky

Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible…

— Ray Bradbury

Each person must discover his own philosophy of life, and it is not fair or right to impose our codes upon others.…

— Manly Hall

“Here is the topography of false starts. Here a whole constellation is lousy with desire. Here what passes for love is the…

— Paul Guest

“All of us are lonely at some point or another, no matter how many people surround us. And then, we meet someone…

— Helene Wecker

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, an poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with…

— Abraham Maslow

"Externality" is a different phenomenon from akrasia and doesn't always come with it. The set of desires and actions from which one…

— Nomy Arpaly