Desire Quotes - Page 117

We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason.

He that discovers himself, till he hath made himself master of his desires, lays himself open to his own ruin, and makes himself prisoner to his own tongue.

Do you want to see God more than you desire security?

These lights, this brightness, these clusters of human hope, of wild desire—I shall take these lights in my fingers. I shall make them bright, and whether they shine or not, it is in these fingers that they shall succeed or fail.

Christ wants to lift us to where He is. Do we desire to do the same for others?

Anything that brings you to a decision will be answered. The stronger the decision is, the faster it's answered. So if you're in a situation where it seems life or death, and the desire is strong, it is answered now, because it must be answered now to be answered at all.

The moment you say, or , the skies will open for you and the non- physical energies begin instantly to orchestrate the manifestation of your desire.

There is absolutely nothing that you desire that you cannot achieve.

Enriching others is the only way to get rich, if that is what we desire. The more we serve, the more we deserve, getting what we give, no more and no less.

To believe that if only we had this or that we would be happy, or to pursue any excessive desire, diverts us from seeing that happiness depends on an adequate self.

The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.

If you aren't experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it.

It is a glorious fever, desire to know.

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I have never killed anybody, it is true, but it is because I lacked the courage or the time, not because I lacked the desire

I had a very strong desire to carry out adventures, but in those early days I didn't actually do any. I just dreamt about it.

Even my desire to become free or enlightened is just another craving for fulfillment or completion in the future. So don’t seek to become free or desire or “achieve” enlightenment. Become present.

If you keep your attention in the body as much as possible, you will be anchored in the Now. You won't lose yourself in the external world, and you won't lose yourself in your mind. Thoughts and emotions, fears and desires may still be there to some extent, but they won't take you over.

I'm not a gangster, I don't have no desire to be hard.

I lived in a brilliantly lit haze, shifting and flickering according to my changing desires. Of course, that is only a description of being young.

I would like to submit an entirely different agenda, one that is built on love, cherishing and timelessness. One that acknowledges that in living, we accumulate. We admire. We desire. We love. We collect. We display.

Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.

How can the intensity of this shame be understood by those who have never experienced it? How can they understand the strength of the motivations produced by the desire to escape from it?

The spirit of Texas seems to pervade our everyday existence. Our desire is to be superlative, not only the largest, but also the best in the United States.

From a pure heart anything can be accomplished. If you ask what the universe is doing, it is eavesdropping on your every desire.