Desire Quotes

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. — Hannah Arendt
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means… — Hannah Arendt
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to… — Aristotle
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that… — Chinua Achebe
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations… — Saint Augustine
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. — Saint Augustine
The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is… — Saint Augustine
Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind,… — Marcus Aurelius
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila
If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this… — Teresa of Avila
I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and… — Teresa of Avila
Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who… — Teresa of Avila
Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There… — Teresa of Avila
A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress,… — Irving Babbitt

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