Desire Quote by Aristotle Download Open image “It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized.” — Aristotle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Desire Mankind Nature of man Possession Property
Wealth does not teach us to transcend the desire for wealth. The possession of many goods does not bring the repose of not desiring… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The use of our possessions shows us up for what we actually are. — Charles Caldwell Ryrie Copy Share Image
“Society is more concerned with material possessions than it is with the true love and compassion of another human being.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Certain material possessions make my life more enjoyable, many others do not…. All too often, a vast collection of possessions end up possessing their… — Bernardo Kliksberg Copy Share Image
Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions. — Luke the Evangelist Copy Share Image
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind is at its best about the age of forty-nine. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I put myself in the student's place and remember the frustrations, doubts, determination, and desires I felt when I was going through the initial… — Ted Martinez Copy Share Image
I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is… — John Burns Copy Share Image
Ye youths and virgins, when your generous blood Has drunk the warmth of fifteen summers, now The loves invite; now to new rapture wakes… — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my life, people have scolded… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
