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Desire Quotes by Khalil Gibran
- The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.
- In the depths of your hopes and desires, lies your silent knowledge of the beyond, and like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams…
- When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the 'nay' in your own mind, nor do you withhold the 'ay. And when he is…
- In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond...
- My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me never to delight in praise or to be distressed by reproach. Before my Soul taught me, I…
- There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine.
- Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.
- There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their…
- O love, whose lordly hand Has bridled my desires, And raised my hunger and my thirst To dignity and pride, Let not the strong in…
- I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
- All that spirits desire, spirits attain.
- But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its…
- Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.
- When you were a wandering desire in the mist, I too was there, a wandering desire. Then we sought one another, and out of our…
- Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
- Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” “Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like…
- Life is not only merriment,It is desire and determination.
- Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.
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