Desire Quote by Philip Neri

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

— William Blake

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A man must have limits and cannot give in to the wild desires to be everything and everyone and everything to everyone.

— Saul Bellow

The fact is that man has no longing for any other nature but desires only to be perfect in his own.

— Nicholas of Cusa

It is not good for a man to be too cognizant of his physical and spiritual mechanisms. Complete knowledge reveals limits to human possibilities,…

— Stanislaw Lem

Man tends always to satisfy his needs and desires with the least possible exertion.

— Albert J. Nock

Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries about in his pocket. The more he has the more they weight him…

— Sathya Sai Baba

in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

— Mark Twain

It is false to suggest that men must turn away from his desires in the interest of a higher duty. Men only responds to…

— Bertrand Russell

Desire is the essence of a man.

— Baruch Spinoza

A man's not doing much until the cause he works for possesses all there is of him. Desire, when harnessed, is power.

— John Wanamaker

Man is afraid to attain what he longs for, just as subconsciously he longs for what he is afraid of.

— Ivan Klíma