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Desire Quotes

Oh, what a valiant faculty is hope, that in a mortal subject, and in a moment, makes nothing of usurping infinity, immensity, eternity, and of supplying its masters indigence, at its pleasure, with all things he can imagine or desire! Picture Quote #1

Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement Picture Quote #1

Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire Picture Quote #1

There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties Picture Quote #1

The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand still or retrogress. It’s coexistence or no existence Picture Quote #1

Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought Picture Quote #1

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I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth Picture Quote #1

For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for pleasure is the desire to escape from reality Picture Quote #1

An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success Picture Quote #1

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him to rule, and to obey, with justice. This is the only education which deserves the name Picture Quote #1

All fashions are charming, or rather relatively charming, each one being a new striving, more or less well conceived, after beauty, an approximate statement of an ideal, the desire for which constantly teases the unsatisfied human mind Picture Quote #1

The mind’s deepest desire, even in its most elaborate operations, parallels man’s unconscious feeling in the face of his universe: it is an insistence upon familiarity, an appetite for clarity Picture Quote #1

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Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of desire to marry on both, nothing stands in the way of our happy union Picture Quote #1

Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, that something which recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such reality as failure Picture Quote #1

I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself Picture Quote #1

The key that unlocks energy is desire. It’s also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one’s mind Picture Quote #1

We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves Picture Quote #1

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There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine Picture Quote #1

Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will Picture Quote #1

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children Picture Quote #1

When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because we suspect their weakness; but we ought rather to suspect our own Picture Quote #1

If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin Picture Quote #1

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure Picture Quote #1

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We are all of us imaginative in some form or other, for images are the brood of desire Picture Quote #1

It is very common for us to desire most what we are least qualified to obtain Picture Quote #1

Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom, and in the end superior ability has its way Picture Quote #1

A man’s desire is for the woman, but the woman’s desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man Picture Quote #1

When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn’t believe in Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a burning desire to act, strangely enough. I don’t know that if I hadn’t been an actor as a young person, I don’t know that I ever would have chosen this because it’s not really my personality Picture Quote #1

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Oh, what a valiant faculty is hope, that in a mortal subject, and in a moment, makes nothing of usurping infinity, immensity, eternity, and of supplying its masters indigence, at its pleasure, with all things he can imagine or desire! (Desire Quotes) Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement (Desire Quotes) Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire (Desire Quotes) There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties (Desire Quotes) The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand still or retrogress. It’s coexistence or no existence (Desire Quotes) Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought (Desire Quotes) I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth (Desire Quotes) For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for pleasure is the desire to escape from reality (Desire Quotes) An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success (Desire Quotes) By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man passionately desire to be a perfect citizen, and teaches him to rule, and to obey, with justice. This is the only education which deserves the name (Desire Quotes) All fashions are charming, or rather relatively charming, each one being a new striving, more or less well conceived, after beauty, an approximate statement of an ideal, the desire for which constantly teases the unsatisfied human mind (Desire Quotes) The mind’s deepest desire, even in its most elaborate operations, parallels man’s unconscious feeling in the face of his universe: it is an insistence upon familiarity, an appetite for clarity (Desire Quotes) Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of desire to marry on both, nothing stands in the way of our happy union (Desire Quotes) Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, that something which recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such reality as failure (Desire Quotes) I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself (Desire Quotes) The key that unlocks energy is desire. It’s also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited (Desire Quotes) There’s nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one’s mind (Desire Quotes) We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves (Desire Quotes) There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine (Desire Quotes) Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will (Desire Quotes) Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children (Desire Quotes) When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because we suspect their weakness; but we ought rather to suspect our own (Desire Quotes) If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin (Desire Quotes) We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure (Desire Quotes) We are all of us imaginative in some form or other, for images are the brood of desire (Desire Quotes) It is very common for us to desire most what we are least qualified to obtain (Desire Quotes) Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom, and in the end superior ability has its way (Desire Quotes) A man’s desire is for the woman, but the woman’s desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man (Desire Quotes) When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn’t believe in (Desire Quotes) I don’t have a burning desire to act, strangely enough. I don’t know that if I hadn’t been an actor as a young person, I don’t know that I ever would have chosen this because it’s not really my personality (Desire Quotes)

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