One Desire Quotes

32 quotes by 29 authors

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires. — John Cleese
We should have but one desire today - the desire to die so that India may live - the desire to face a martyr's death,… — Subhas Chandra Bose
Can one desire too much of a good thing? — William Shakespeare
There are urges and urges; you are exploding with urges, desires. You don`t have one desire, you have many desires. Not only that you have… — Rajneesh
Perfection of rhythm, balanced perfection of rhythm. Everything in Nature is expressed by rhythmic waves of light. Every thought and action is a light-wave of… — Walter Russell
My stiffest earthly assignment is ended and my major life's work is done. My country is now free and I have been honoured to be… — Nnamdi Azikiwe
Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is theirs. — Isaac Asimov
He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire. — Ignatius of Antioch
No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest… — Ignatius of Antioch
Each sex has a relation to madness. Every desire has a relation to madness. But it would seem that one desire has been taken as… — Luce Irigaray
Let none, however difficult the circumstances, consider himself as debarred from the way of holiness. Have we but God and the cross of Christ, we… — Gerhard Tersteegen
One desire has been the ruling passion of my life. One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner… — Abraham Kuyper
Once all come to know that by the concentration of the mind on one point, on one principle, on one desire, a power is radiated… — Harvey Spencer Lewis
The root of all desires is the one desire: to come home, to be at peace. — Jean Klein
I have only one desire, and that is the desire for solitude-to disappear into God, to be submerged in His peace, to be lost in… — Thomas Merton
A pure heart means a single heart, a heart in which only one desire lives: love. — Peter Kreeft
Are not our desires inseparably intertwined with the continuation of life? Even the idea of eliminating desire is fruitless. The desire to eliminate all desire… — Sadhu Sundar Singh
In life, have but one desire, one only--to love Jesus Christ with all your soul. Let that be the one fixed idea of your entire… — Pedro Arrupe
Bliss becomes blissful with practice. In our own bliss the desire, desirer and process of desiring are united - they are one. Desire is fulfilled… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Now when the primrose makes a splendid show, And lilies face the March-winds in full blow, And humbler growths as moved with one desire Put… — William Wordsworth

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