Wants Quotes

6511 Wants quotes by 3896 unique authors

If one wants to get a boat ride, one must be near the river. — Anchee Min
Our mind is a machine, it is not a mystery. And the mind always wants to know the how, the why. And because of this… — Rajneesh
Man is afraid, the world is a strange world, and man wants to be secure, safe. In childhood the father protects, the mother protects. But… — Rajneesh
The mind always wants to choose. The mind lives through choice. If you don't choose the mind drops. This is the way of Lao Tzu.… — Rajneesh
Only people who want to be somewhere, somebody, have to suffer the sadness of failure. But a person who never wants to be anybody, never… — Rajneesh
The society wants you to have beautiful personalities; the society wants you to have personalities which are comfortable for the society, convenient for the society.… — Rajneesh
We are afraid of love because Love is a small death. Love requires that we should surrender, and we don't want to surrender at all.… — Rajneesh
Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over… — Guy Finley
No one wants the truth if it is inconvenient. — Arthur Miller
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest… — Seneca the Elder
Religion has endured since the dawn of human consciousness precisely because it encompasses so much of being human. No idea has endured so long, gathered… — Robert Winston
Let him who wants to move and convince others, be first moved and convinced himself. — Thomas Carlyle
The inventor and the research man are confused because they both examine results of physical or chemical operations. But they are exact opposites, mirror images… — Reginald Fessenden
There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be… — Elias Canetti
It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization. — Agnes Repplier
Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature… — Immanuel Kant
Perfect Freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work, and in that work does what he wants to do. — Robin G. Collingwood
The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to… — Elbert Hubbard
Men, however distinguished by external accidents or intrinsick qualities, have all the same wants, the same pains, and, as far as the senses are consulted,… — Samuel Johnson
If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation is… — Henri Nouwen
Background vocals during her song "I Hope You Dance" .....'Time is a wheel in constant motion always, rolling us along. Tell me who wants to… — Lee Ann Womack
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other… — Oscar Wilde
What we call the market is really a democratic process involving millions, and in some markets billions, of people making personal decisions that express their… — Walter E. Williams
The American heritage was one of individual liberty, personal responsibility and freedom from government ... Unfortunately ... that heritage has been lost. Americans no longer… — Harry Browne

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