Desire Quotes

7210 Desire quotes by 3487 unique authors

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. — Andre Breton
A technique can only work if it is in harmony with universal principles. Such principles need to be grasped through Mind, pure consciousness. Selfish desires… — Morihei Ueshiba
Philosophical argument, trying to get someone to believe something whether he wants to believe it or not, is not, I have held, a nice way… — Robert Nozick
Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show off their darlings,… — Robertson Davies
You desire a popular art? Begin by having a "people" whose minds are liberated, a people not crushed by misery and ceaseless toil, not brutalized… — Romain Rolland
People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don't desire to exhaustive thinking — Thucydides
Creative people have an abiding curiosity and an insatiable desire to learn how and why things work. They take nothing for granted. They are interested… — William Redington Hewlett
As I learn to love myself, I recieve the love I desire from others. — Shakti Gawain
You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to… — Herbert Read
I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of… — Balthus
The greatest trouble with most of us is that our demands upon ourselves are so feeble, the call upon the great within of us so… — Orison Swett Marden
It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul it is a desire to rule, in the mind it… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. — John Balguy
Awareness is something apart from, and different from, all that of which we are aware: thoughts, emotions, images, sensations, desires and memory. Awareness is the… — Arthur J. Deikman
Spend time cultivating your deepest desires, no matter how impractical or impossible they seem. It's perfectly OK to want the impossible. It's not OK to… — Steve Pavlina
Prayer is not designed to inform God, but to give man a sight of his misery; to humble man's heart, to excite his desire, to… — Adam Clarke
The first thing a man must do if he desires to be used in the Lord's work, is to make an unconditional surrender of himself… — Dwight L. Moody
Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
You can be sure that your deepest desires reveal important truths about your spiritual condition. — Tullian Tchividjian
I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring… — Sathya Sai Baba
When the desire is too much to bear, we often bury it beneath frenzied thoughts and activities or escape it by dulling our immediate consciousness… — Gerald May
He will return with a greater understanding of himself, greater leadership capabilities, better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to be… — LaVell Edwards
Desire is the very essence of man — Baruch Spinoza
Faith may always be acquired. Whoso is devoid of faith, and desires to have it, may acquire it by living for a few days (sometimes… — Unknown Author
All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the children and find… — Laozi

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