Desire Quote by John Stuart Mill

“Human life is every where a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.”

— Samuel Johnson

“In choosing a bare bones existence, we are enriched, and can redefine success as an internal process rather than an outward display of wealth…

— Kathleen Norris

“Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is…

— Samuel Johnson

“unless you consider it just for the worst sort of people to have the best living conditions, or unless you're prepared to call a…

— Thomas More

“Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.”

— Socrates

“There is a touch of selfishness in everyone. Everyone wants only the best for themselves, in this world or in the hereafter.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“But now I understand something more fully that I once only understood abstractly. I see how utterly ridiculous it is to think that the…

— Jeffrey Tucker

“The world is a wonderfully rich place, especially when you aren't trapped by thinking you're only as worthwhile as your best attribute.”

— Lizzie K. Foley

“In every instance I noted that a people’s prosperity or misery lay in direct proportion to its freedom or its inhibitions and, along the…

— José Rizal

“Poverty is a state whose feature is generosity.”

— Albert Camus

“Only those willing to truly risk everything will gain everything. No person ever rose to greatness without the willingness to lose it all.”

— Dan Pearce

“Society in every state is a blessing, but Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil. . . .”

— Howard Zinn