Desire Quote by Max Muller

We do not what we ought; What we ought not, we do; And lean upon the thought That chance will bring us through; But…

— Matthew Arnold

Should; shouldn't; ought; oughtn't—the enemies of contentment.

— Frank Delaney

Every being ought to do that which is according to its constitution; and all other things have been constituted for the sake of the…

— Marcus Aurelius

Let must or if be damned with whomever's afraid down with ought with because with every brain which thinks it thinks, nor dares to…

— e. e. cummings

I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal “oughtness”…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who…

— Pema Chodron

“Apart from the peculiar tenets of individual thinkers, there is also in the world at large an increasing inclination to stretch unduly the powers…

— John Stuart Mill

“Would it be simplistic to think the moral problem with regards to others consists in behaving as one ought to, and the moral problem…

— Clarice Lispector

“Hard work and results should be recognized by others, but when they aren't, advocating for oneself becomes necessary. As discussed earlier, this must be…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“Some needs superseded our own wellbeing, and we let ourselves be destroyed by greed and results of our own careless mistakes. We pretend not…

— Gayendra Abeywardane

I refuse to accept the idea that the 'is-ness' of a man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the 'ought-ness'…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Priorities are simple to establish; what is desire and what is necessity?”

— T.F. Hodge