"Let him who desires peace prepare for war." — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

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• I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over… — Aristotle
• Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
• Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. — Saint Augustine
• Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from… — Marcus Aurelius
• Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it… — Teresa of Avila
• I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation… — Teresa of Avila
• Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. — Abu Bakr
• He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and… — Mikhail Bakunin
• Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous… — Alan Ball
• Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed,… — Ezra Taft Benson
• Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord. — Ezra Taft Benson
• Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. — Mortimer Adler

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