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Desires Quotes by Albert Einstein
- A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment.
- 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…
- Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being. As a solitary being, he attempts to protect his own…
- It is characteristic of the military mentality that non-human factors ... are held essential, while the human being, his desires and thoughts-in short, the psychological…
- ... a person who is religiously enlightened appears to me to be one who has, to the best of his ability, liberated himself from the…
- ... the desire for truth must take precedence over all other desires.
- A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts…
- It is very difficult to explain this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception of God corresponding…
- One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from…
- We experience ourselves our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind…
More Desires Quotes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His… — Teresa of Avila
- Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us. — Samuel Johnson
- Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries… — Marcus Aurelius
- He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. — Mikhail Bakunin
- Human beings place their desires ahead of the collective good. — Deepak Chopra
- Hardships can deprive mortals of the power to ACT. But at the same time, hardships can be the means of eternal growth… — Dallin H. Oaks