William Shakespeare Quotes, Lying Quotes, Desire Quotes

Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, And young affection gapes to be his heir; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die, With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair.

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It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler. So, it can be called great.

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No one who desires to become good will become good unless he does good things.

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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

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The individual feels the futility of human desires and aims and the sublimity and marvelous order which reveal themselves both in nature and in the world of thought.

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Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.

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I feel that God wants me to coach; otherwise, he wouldn't have put the desire in me.

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The desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom.

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Ethics: The indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.

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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma. If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.

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Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.

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You have always fought against your dreams, and 'I want' has never even shown its face. It was always drowned out by 'I must' or 'I hope' or 'I need...'

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Behind my non-cooperation there is always the keenest desire to cooperate on the slightest pretext even with the worst of opponents. To me, a very imperfect mortal, ever in need of God's grace, no one is beyond redemption.

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I have zero desire to be in the limelight.

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If there are sound reasons or bases for the points you demand, then there is no need for violence. On the other hand, when there is no sound reason that concessions should be made to you but mainly your own desire, then reason cannot work and you have to rely on force. Thus using force is not a sign of strength but rather a sign of weakness.

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Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

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The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

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Negative desires can cause no evil if you do not allow yourself to be seduced by them.

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Just as you have the instinctive natural desire to be happy and overcome suffering, so do all sentient beings; just as you have the right to fulfill this innate aspiration, so do all sentient beings. So on what exact grounds do you discriminate?

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When we have the Holy Spirit we have all that is needed to be all that God desires us to be.

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