Desire Quotes - Page 146

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

I can say now is that sneaking up on people is a major delight in my old age, but it always has been. A desire, even a need, to shock.

A dominant wolf's desire to protect was a strong instinct- Samuel was very dominant. Give him an inch, and he's take over the world- my life, if I let him. Mercy

In the states we all have this idea, everyone who wants to be the next best singer, next best dancer. Those same wants and desires are in India, too.

A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.

We are always boosting or trying to prop up the ego by fulfilling some desire or other, and always craving affirmation from the outside.

My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.

The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.

Can we ever break free of the devices and desires of our own hearts? Might not our conscience be telling us what we most want to hear?

If you're too scared to put your dreams, thoughts, desires, fantasies on paper and share them with the world, then being an author isn't the right career for you.

Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more

What is hid is unknown: for what is unknown there is no desire. [Lat., Quod latet ignotum est; ignoti nulla cupido.]

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

It is the essence of dignity to pretend to desire what you cannot prevent.

If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat. ~Val

The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves.

What I know for sure: Having the best things is no substitute for having the best life. When you can let go of the desire to acquire, you know you are really on your way.

What we all desire is the fullest, highest expression of ourselves.

Following your heart's desire will lead you in the direction your spirit wants to go.

The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.

...never have I subscribed to the doctrine of willful rejection of the world or its visual image. To the non-objectivist this act of impiety may be shockingly impure, but God, I have no desire to be either hollow or sterile.

Unobstructed access to facts can produce unlimited good only if it is matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead.

Love is an artful arrangement of artless pretensions, whereby we labor to appear innocent in what we desire to be most cunning.

I don't think any of my desires or beliefs or other mental states are external to me. Many people will occasionally feel alienated from the motives for an action - "whatever possessed me to do that?". Note, however, that some people feel alienated from the white hairs that recently appeared on their heads - "who put them there?", they might ask the mirror - but the white hairs are still theirs. Similarly, I might feel alienated from an action or a mental state because it does not fit with my visceral self - image.

"Externality" is a different phenomenon from akrasia and doesn't always come with it. The set of desires and actions from which one feels alienated isn't always the same as the set of desires and actions of which one disapproves. It has been pointed out that you can disapprove of something inside yourself but still experience it as yours ("damn it, here I go again!"). In addition, you can approve of something inside yourself but feel like it's not yours ("when the emergency sirens went off, it was as if someone calmer and more reasonable took over and knew just what to do").