Desiring Quotes

117 Desiring quotes by 93 unique authors

I usually have poor to absent relations with editors because they have a habit of desiring changes and I resist changes. — William H. Gass
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness. — F. H. Bradley
The entire life of a good Christian is in fact an exercise of holy desire. You do not yet see what you long for, but… — Saint Augustine
To some extent, this urge to break out of the ordinary is present in every generation. Part of being young is desiring something beyond everyday… — Pope Benedict XVI
Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook. — John Ruskin
The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength -each asking from… — Simone de Beauvoir
The result of this bestial lust is an indiscriminate and promiscuous splaying of all of my energies- wanting all, I accomplish nothing; desiring everything, I… — Edward Abbey
And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened… — Henry Fielding
Be your self! All you are now doing, thinking, desiring, is not you yourself. — Friedrich Nietzsche
There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little. — Unknown Author
My love for my children makes me glad that I am what I am, and keeps me from desiring to be otherwise; and yet, when… — James Weldon Johnson
All political action aims at either preservation or change. When desiring to preserve, we wish to prevent a change for the worse; when desiring to… — Leo Strauss
The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and holy.… — Elisabeth Elliot
There is a simple way to become buddha: When you refrain from unwholesome actions, are not attached to birth and death, and are compassionate toward… — Dogen
It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this… — Thomas Merton
All plot comes from the character's trying to get something, to achieve something, wanting, desiring, longing. — Robert Olen Butler
Desiring is a part of dreaming. — Rachel
It was the upward-reaching and fathomlessly hungering, heart-breaking love for the beauty of the world at its most beautiful, and, beyond that, for that beauty… — Frederick Buechner
Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe… — Samuel Alexander
All transformation begins with an intense, burning desire to be transformed. The first step in the 'renewing of the mind' is desire. You must want… — Neville Goddard

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