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Desires Quotes by John Stuart Mill
- Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
- The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason…
- I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
- It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
- A person whose desires and impulses are his own—are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own…
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
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. — Saint Augustine
- Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries… — Marcus Aurelius
- Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila
- 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
- Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. — Abu Bakr
- He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. — Mikhail Bakunin