Desire Quote by Austin Osman, Spare

“Thus, in the realm of human relationships, a different form of pleasure is experienced, a different sort of motivation is involved, and a different…

— Ayn Rand

“Whose judgment dissociated from desire follows both virtue and gain only, Who ignores pleasure, chooses ends serviceable in both worlds - wise be. [23]…

— Munindra Misra

A vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love.

— James Mackintosh

“It results from the preceding considerations, that there is in reality nothing desired except happiness. Whatever is desired otherwise than as a means to…

— John Stuart Mill

“The man of ambition thinks to find his good in the operations of others; the man of pleasure in his own sensations; but the…

— marcus aurelius

“All pleasure is a vice because seeking pleasure is what everyone does in life, and the worst vice of all is to do what…

— Fernando Pessoa

The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions, good or…

— Jonathan Swift

“A man engrossed in sensual pleasures may form a mistaken out look upon life and think that he enjoys life more than others do.…

— Mohammad Qutub

“They think one enjoys oneself by an endless procession of new vices. For myself I prefer to have one or two vices, properly matured.”

— Alex Beecroft

“Desire may arise inside us, but it cannot bind us. Pleasure may seem alluring, but it cannot fetter us. Life's goal is much more…

— Avijeet Das

“One of the main roots of ungodliness is being a lover of pleasure more than a lover of God.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“He who indulges habitually in the intoxicating pleasures of imagination, for the very reason that he reaps a greater pleasure than others, must resign…

— Robert Louis Stevenson