Desire Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Before strongly desiring anything, we should look carefully into the happiness of its present owner.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

— Joseph Butler

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness.

— Michel de Montaigne

Desire is individual. Happiness is common.

— Julian Casablancas

Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

— Dalai Lama

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.

— Booth Tarkington

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

— Daphne du Maurier

To be thoroughly and abidingly happy is not only to get what we all instinctively desire, but to fulfill the purpose of our nature.

— George Hodges (theologian

That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily created; every…

— Samuel Johnson

Happiness is attained through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

— Helen Keller