Air Quote by Robert Collier

Desire is the very essence of man

— Baruch Spinoza

Desire is the essence of a man.

— Baruch Spinoza

“A person here consists simply of desire”

— Upanishads

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

Passion, the powerful desire to please limitless, uninhibited until there are no desires remaining.

— Stacy Wilks

Desire is craving enough to sacrifice for

— Myles Munroe

“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

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

— William Blake

Desire implies a willingness, or a need, to engage this unknown

— Anonymous

“desires,” I mean things we feel that we need or want very strongly. There’s an element of passion in the experience of desire”

— Calvin D. Banyan

Desire is an attempt to feel the void.

— Anonymous

EVERY intense desire is perhaps basically a desire to be different from what we are.

— Eric Hoffer