Desire Quote by Mason Cooley

“Actively, we are motivated by the never-ending desires of the self. We are compelled to pursue whatever the self imagines will satisfy its desires.…

— Dharma Publishing

Desire is happiness: satisfaction as happiness is merely the ultimate moment of desire. To be wish and wish alone is happiness, and a new…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It is that of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

— C. S. Lewis

Desire is never final, desire is imprecise and impractical [...]

— Zadie Smith

I've always been a dreamer and follow an old saying: 'Satisfaction is a death of desire.'

— Naughty Boy

“The earthly desires men cherish are shadows. There is no true happiness in fulfilling them. Why, then, do we continue to pursue joys without…

— Thomas Merton

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

— Anonymous

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

— Napoleon Hill

Desire makes everything blossom

— Marcel Proust

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

— Zig Ziglar

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul…

— Solomon

Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater