Desire Quotes - Page 70

There is in fact something obscene and sinister about photography, a desire to imprison, to incorporate, a sexual intensity of pursuit.

Events are influenced by our very great desires.

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.

The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar.

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

What is it men in women do require: The lineaments of gratified desire. What is it women do in men require: The lineaments of gratified desire.

The dialectical or ecological approach asserts that creating the world is involved in our every act. It is impossible for us to operate in our daily lives and not create the world that everyone must live in. What we desire arranges the genetic code in all of our major crops and livestock. We cannot avoid participating in the creation, and it is in agriculture, far and away our largest and most basic artifact, that human culture and the creation totally interpenetrate.

The willingness to listen and act on your inspiration is imperative if you're going to live the life you desire.

You can become a great creator or a little one as the intensity of your desire is little or great.

Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power.

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

Every man makes a god of his own desire

If we want to find the manna hidden in our vocation, let us restrict and confine all our desires within it.

We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove compulsive desires altogether by understanding their nature.

I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.

God’s wealth circulates in my life, it flows to me in avalanches of abundance. All my needs, desires and goals are met instantaneously, for I am one with God and he is everything!

You can't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires.

People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don't desire to exhaustive thinking

What is ambition but desire of greatness? And what is greatness but extent of power?

Faith does not quench desire, but inflames it.

If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate of oneself is the highest and most valuable of all lessons.

At the heart of our desires is eternal happiness without the slightest hint of misery. You could say that we are pleasure seekers; however, seeking pleasure from the objects of our five senses produces fleeting moments of pleasure whereas, pleasure of one's self, a soul, is eternal and ever-increasing pleasure.

To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the Altar to give audience to all. All who desire You always find You there, and converse with You face to face