Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

All the concessions we make to Eros are holes in our desire for the absolute. — Emile M. Cioran
No one should forget: Eros alone can fulfill life; knowledge, never. Only Eros makes sense; knowledge is empty infinity;––for thoughts, there is always time; life… — Emile M. Cioran
If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth. — Democritus
It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul. — Heraclitus
Philosophy is the microscope of thought. Everything desires to flee from it, but nothing escapes it. — Victor Hugo
Let the future remain uncertain, for that is the canvas to receive our desires. — Brian Herbert
If I can create the minimum of my plans and desires there shall be no regrets. — Bessie Coleman
Our lives are complex; our emotions are complex; our intellectual desires are complex. I believe that architecture … needs to mirror that complexity in every… — Daniel Libeskind
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”[/box] [box] “There is no… — Nelson Mandela
The election in Iraq clearly demonstrates that Iraqi people are like people everywhere. They desire to create a future in an environment that is safe… — John Ensign
I have no desire to make windows into mens souls. — Elizabeth I
We cannot free ourselves unless we move forward united in a single desire. — Unknown Author
Some people are very earnest after the things of God, and he who seeks finds, and the more he seeks in the right direction the… — Charles W. Penrose
In our Ashrams of East and West, places of spiritual retreat, we begin with what we call "The Morning of the Open Heart," in which… — E. Stanley Jones
A. T. Stewart started life with a dollar and fifty cents. This merchant prince began by calling at the doors of houses in order to… — Grenville Kleiser
The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener… — Samuel Johnson
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of… — James E. Faust
Let those parents that desire Holy Children learn to make them possessors of Heaven and Earth betimes; to remove silly objects from before them, to… — Thomas Traherne
For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for… — Nathaniel Branden
If you desire to find the true spirit of Christmas and partake of the sweetness of it, let me make this suggestion to you. During… — Howard W. Hunter
Whereas the average individuals "often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are," self-actualizing… — Abraham Maslow
Leaders make decisions that create the future they desire. — Mike Murdock
Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help others do their… — John C. Maxwell
Soil is not usually lost in slabs or heaps of magnificent tonnage. It is lost a little at a time over millions of acres by… — Wendell Berry
Greed will always leave you dissatisfied because you'll never be able to get everything you desire. Greed never allows you to think you have enough;… — Unknown Author

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