Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

Those who desire to become rich, desire it at once. — Juvenal
The self (Soul) is the constant-witness consciousness. Through all months, seasons and years, through all divisions of time, the past, present and future the consciousness… — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
In our desire to impose form on the world and our lives we have lost the capacity to see the form that is already there;… — Colin Gunton
After the demands of the ego and its greed surrendered, the struggle for fulfillment of personal desires lessens; life takes on a new zest like… — Sivananda Radha Saraswati
O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because the woman whom Thou gavest… — Symeon the New Theologian
Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront… — Ajahn Brahm
That faculty of beholding at a hint the face of his desire and the shape of his dream, without which the earth would know no… — Joseph Conrad
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are… — Richard Courant
If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen." — Byron Katie
You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not desire to live… — Martin Luther
Increase and widen your desires till nothing but reality can fulfill them. It is not desire that is wrong, but its narrowness and smallness. Desire… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water. — Milarepa
To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist. — Jasper Johns
The key that unlocks energy is desire. It's also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any… — Earl Nightingale
A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles - whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled - is vulnerable to… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit. — Bertrand Russell
Liberty consists in doing what one desires. — John Stuart Mill
The desire to rule is the mother of heresies. — Saint John Chrysostom
Prayer is naught but a rising desire of the heart into God by withdrawing of the heart from all earthly thoughts. — Walter Hilton
Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying. — Saint Augustine
Prayer covers the whole of man's life. There is no thought, feeling, yearning, or desire, however low, trifling, or vulgar we may deem it, which… — Henry Ward Beecher
I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me. — Francois Fenelon
It is not the mouth that is the main thing to be looked at in prayer, but whether the heart is so full of affection… — John Bunyan
Do not have as your motive the desire to be known as a praying man. Get an inner chamber in which to pray where no… — Oswald Chambers
It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves. — William Gurnall

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