Avarice Quote by John Calvin

We know that it is possible to harness desire to many interests, that evil is one form of a desire, and not the nature…

— Walter Lippmann

If we seek things that are virtuous and lovely, we surely will find them. Conversely, if we seek for evil, we will find that…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

What we want or desire is not necessarily what we need.

— Aisha

Evil, as evil, can never be chosen; and though evil is often the effect of our own choice, yet we never desire it but…

— Benjamin Franklin

What we want or desire is not necessarily we need.

— Anonymous

There are times when external circumstances can overwhelm us, and we do things we never thought. If you're not aware that this can happen,…

— Philip Zimbardo

Evil is maybe lying to God. Or better, lying to love.

— Anne Sexton

“...all the evils in the world come not because our desires for happiness are too strong, but because they are so weak that we…

— John Piper

“For it is our most secret desire that governs and dominates all. If your eyes look for nothing but evil, you will always see…

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.

— Sylvia Plath

Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us.

— Donna Tartt

We are made in the image of God; we carry within us the desire for our true life of intimacy and adventure. To say…

— John Eldredge