Believe Quote by Paulo Coelho

Mans desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.

— William Blake

No one can have all he desires.

— Seneca the Younger

If a man gives way to all his desires, or panders to them, there will be no inner struggle in him, no 'friction,' no…

— P.D. Ouspensky

“When a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease. A proud and avaricious man never rests, whereas he…

— Thomas à Kempis

While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He who does not desire much more from things than knowledge of them easily makes peace with his soul.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The man whose nature is such that by one path alone his chief desire will reach consummation will try to find it on that…

— F. H. Bradley

Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.

— Anonymous

“The desire for sudden change and the thought of their realization by force often appears among men like a disease and gains ground mainly…

— Ivo Andrić

A man of limited desire will always have less or perhaps nothing to worry and sensibly no fear of losing anything or everything in…

— Anonymous

Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau