Desire Quotes

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The highest point of music for me is to become in a place where there is no desire, no craving, wanting to do anything else.… — Terry Riley
Perfection of rhythm, balanced perfection of rhythm. Everything in Nature is expressed by rhythmic waves of light. Every thought and action is a light-wave of… — Walter Russell
Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
On one level my sense of despair had been dispelled by therapy, yet on another it had not been replaced by either the desire for… — Anthony Loyd
All the same, my depression and self-hatred, my desire to mutilate myself with broken bottles, my numbness and crying fits, my inability to get out… — Hanif Kureishi
The moment you say, or , the skies will open for you and the non- physical energies begin instantly to orchestrate the manifestation of your… — Esther Hicks
Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities. — Dalai Lama
Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are constructed. Dwell on… — William DeWitt Hyde
All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by… — Samuel Johnson
The craving for 'the return of the day', which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light. — Florence Nightingale
I've talked with people of stature-of military and government credentials and position-and heard their stories, and their desire to tell their stories openly to the… — Edgar Mitchell
He who has made a thousand things and he who has made none, both feel the same desire: to make something. — Antonio Porchia
If only nature is real and if, in nature, only desire and destruction are legitimate, then, in that all humanity does not suffice to assuage… — Albert Camus
The popularity of conspiracy theories is explained by people's desire to believe that there is - some group of folks who know what they're doing — Damon Knight
The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul,… — William Hazlitt
Most people who desire God look for the God state too far from home, but the seed of spiritual greatness is in the heart of… — Harold Klemp
Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to his people's advantage, while intent… — Desiderius Erasmus
Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark… — Oliver Cromwell
Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who comes out the… — Cus D'Amato
It is also a natural thing for a serious young man that he should form for himself as precise an idea as possible of the… — Albert Einstein
I have nothing against Bosniaks/Islam, but it is the desire to direct political processes that is completely unacceptable. — Unknown Author
I’m interested in using the iconography of nature and the American landscape as surrogates or metaphors for psychological anxiety, fear or desire — Gregory Crewdson
Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and… — L.E. Modesitt Jr.
My problem is trying to find the desire to fight and be on the court ready to fight. For a few weeks, I haven't felt… — Unknown Author
I can't see any point to hanging around a Burger King all day, no matter how much money you make. .... I'll tell you why.… — Charles Willeford

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