Autonomy Quote by Bayazid Bastami

I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me.

— Francois Fenelon

Let your desires be ruled by reason.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.

— P.D. Ouspensky

Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination,…

— Anonymous

I know of nothing which I would choose to have as the subject of my ambition for life than to be kept faithful to…

— Charles Spurgeon

Desire God, and you will have desires from God.

— Smith Wigglesworth

Therefore, in the nature of this will for freedom, which freedom itself implies, I may pass judgement on those who seek to hide from…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not.

— Ulysses S. Grant

It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.

— Franz Grillparzer

Desire is our imprisonment. The man who wants nothing, who is absolutely contented as he is, is free of all bondage. He has attained…

— Rajneesh

I only wish, while I am a servant of the public, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern my self…

— George Washington

We all need the freedom to die noble in a life that has been unworthy of us, being subject to sin and emptiness.

— Sorin Cerin