Desires Quotes

1790 Desires quotes by 1069 unique authors

As iron is fashioned by fire and on the anvil, so in the fire of suffering and under the weight of trials, our souls receive… — Madeleine Sophie Barat
If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want… — Ignatius Loyola
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed. — Laozi
A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires… — Walter Lippmann
The more power a government has the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, and the more it… — Rudolph Rummel
I recognize thart even you, yourself, will change. Your ideals will change, your tastes will change, your desires will change. Your whole understandings of who… — Neale Donald Walsch
Providence creates an unfolding situation that is exactly what the person needs, although not always what he may think he wants or desires. This is… — Unknown Author
In matters of science, curiosity gratified begets not indolence, but new desires. — James Hutton
Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification. — Joseph Campbell
Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against… — Leigh Brackett
Meditation is an essential travel partner on your journey of personal transformation. Meditation connects you with your soul, and this connection gives you access to… — Sarah MacLean
As soon as one knows one is going to die, childhood is over.... So one can be grown up at seven. Then, I believe most… — Eugene Ionesco
Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Normativity, I believe, is very different from motivating force. Neither includes, or implies, the other. Other animals can be motivated by their desires and beliefs.… — Derek Parfit
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… — Khalil Gibran
Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored. — Laozi
Once you say 'I want to find Truth', all your life will be deeply affected by it. All your mental and physical habits, feelings and… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are… — Jeremiah Burroughs
O Jesus! on this day, you have fulfilled all my desires. From now on, near the Eucharist, I shall be able To sacrifice myself in… — Therese of Lisieux
Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament....There… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that… — Bertrand Russell
Those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires, but you can't do that at the foot of the cross. Those… — Johan Oscar Smith
An inner life and inner enemies to conquer, battle and destroy. These enemies are the various desires that seek to distract our concentration by causing… — Johan Oscar Smith
And here we come to the vital distinction between the advocacy of temperance and the advocacy of prohibition. Temperance and self-control are convertible terms. Prohibition,… — Felix Mendelssohn
Knowledge is not to be taken from four types of people: a foolish person who openly acts foolish, even if he reports the most narrations;… — Malik ibn Anas

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