Desires Quotes

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On the free market, everyone earns according to his productive value in satisfying consumer desires. Under statist distribution, everyone earns in proportion to the amount… — Murray Rothbard
The key to all motivation is desire, and the master key to creating desire is responsiveness to the needs, desires, and interests of the people… — John R Noe
The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are. — Epictetus
Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses,… — Epictetus
The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will… — Ludwig van Beethoven
For the last month I have been a strict vegetarian. The moral effects of this regime are immense, owing to the voluntary subjugation of the… — Gustav Mahler
There are many more languages than we think: and man betrays himself more often than he desires. How things speak! - but there are very… — Unknown Author
Ideally, nothing should be embraced by a consumer firmly, nothing should command a commitment till death do us part, no needs should be seen as… — Zygmunt Bauman
The pretended desires of many to behold the glory of Christ in heaven, who have no view of it by faith while they are here… — John Owen
If our principal treasure be as we profess, in things spiritual and heavenly, and woe unto us if it be not so! on them will… — John Owen
It has been said that in the New Testament doctrine is grace; and ethics is gratitude; and something is wrong with any form of Christianity… — J I Packer
If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in… — Sitting Bull
You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away? — Shunryu Suzuki
In the West, there's a myth that freedom means free expression-that to follow all desires wherever they take one is true freedom. In fact, as… — Jack Kornfield
The purpose of spiritual life is not to create some special state of mind. A state of mind is always temporary. The purpose is to… — Jack Kornfield
Music is the career Im lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions. — Layne Staley
A healthy church is not a church that's perfect and without sin. It has not figured everything out. Rather, it's a church that continually strives… — Mark Dever
How do you listen? Do you listen with your projections, through your projection, through your ambitions, desire, fears, anxieties, through hearing only what you want… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the emotions,… — David Brooks
Instead of searching for what you want externally, concentrate on developing mental pictures of your desires. Surround these images with feelings of security, gratitude, and… — Doreen Virtue
Become very clear about your intentions and desires, know that you deserve them, and then firmly put your foot down to the universe commanding these… — Doreen Virtue
A possession considered of little value up to now suddenly becomes precious to a person if another person desires it, don't you think? — Christa Wolf
Time changes everything, but with patience we can keep our desires relatively constant. If we can just hang on long enough, time will eventually create… — Denis Waitley
When people use the word hell, what do they mean? They mean a place, an event, a situation absent of how God desires things to… — Rob Bell
No matter who you are, no matter where you are, no matter what your circumstances or desires, if you make a gratitude list every day… — Rhonda Byrne

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