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Desire Quotes by Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
- All men by nature desire knowledge.
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
- 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…
- If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the good. Will not…
- Men in general desire the good and not merely what their fathers had.
- .. for desire is like a wild beast, and anger perverts rulers and the very best of men. Hence law is intelligence without appetition.
- Wonder implies the desire to learn.
- Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.
- Victory is plesant, not only to those who love to conquer, bot to all; for there is produced an idea of superiority, which all with…
- All men desire by nature to know.
- Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.
- The law is reason unaffected by desire.
- The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.
- It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized.
- Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves…
- It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
- [I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good…
- Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.
- All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their…
- Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility…
- Justice is the loveliest and health is the best. but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire.
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.
More Desire Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — 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… — 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… — Chinua Achebe
- Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first… — Saint Augustine
- Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. — Saint Augustine