Desiring Quotes

117 Desiring quotes by 93 unique authors

Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own. — Emanuel Swedenborg
Upon this first, and in one sense this sole, rule of reason, that in order to learn you must desire to learn, and in so… — Charles Sanders Peirce
Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the… — Hermann Hesse
Are not lifelong friendships born at the moment when at last you meet another human being who has some inkling (but faint and uncertain even… — C.S. Lewis
I don't know exactly what covetous is, but in my experience it is not so much desiring someone else's virtue or happiness as rejecting it,… — Marilynne Robinson
A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others… — Confucius
Her cheeks were flushed. She caught hold of the Savage's arm and pressed it, limp, against her side. He looked down at her for a… — Aldous Huxley
This is what you learned in college," the narrator tells you early on. "A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a woman desires the… — Pam MuÃ±oz Ryan
Do not be deceived, Wormwood. Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our… — C.S. Lewis
So much wanting and longing, clutching, desiring, passion and hatred and terrible need. Here, death was suitable, there was room for it, the grip of… — Janet Fitch
That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don't quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part… — George Eliot
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. — Ann Brashares
Almost everyone in heaven has someone on Earth they watch, a loved one, a friend or even a stranger who was once kind, who offered… — Alice Sebold
You must promise me. You can't desire the end without desiring the means.' Ah, but one can, he thought, one can: one can desire the… — Graham Greene
Whereas I think: I’m lying here in a haystack... The tiny space I occupy is so infinitesimal in comparison with the rest of space, which… — Ivan Turgenev
Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man's gift and… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as though you have taken… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Warriors of light are not perfect.Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn. — Paulo Coelho
Earnsha was not to be civilized with a wish, and my young lady was no philosopher, and no paragon of patience; but both their minds… — Emily Bronte
The younger and healthier a woman is and the more her new and glossy body seems destined for eternal freshness, the less useful is artifice;… — Simone de Beauvoir
Desiring always to be in mourning, he clothed himself with night. — Victor Hugo
This perhaps was what lay at the root of the hysteria surrounding what came to be known as the Gold Rush: Men desiring a feeling… — Patrick deWitt
When a man is in love how can he use old words? Should a woman desiring her lover lie down with grammarians and linguists? I… — Nizar Qabbani
Once, during the drinking phase, Wendy had accused him of desiring his own destruction but not possessing the necessary moral fiber to support a full-blown… — Stephen King
I spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question. I live with… — Albert Camus

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