Plato Quotes, Desire Quotes

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

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When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of gold?

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Set me anything to do as a task, and it is inconceivable the desire I have to do something else.

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It is a mere illusion that, above a certain income, the personal desires will be satisfied and leave a wider margin for the generous impulse.

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There is no greater crime than desire.

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No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner lots and praise.

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Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.

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You perceive, do you not, that our national fairy tales reflect the inmost desires of the Briton and the Gaul?

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Philosophy is the microscope of thought. Everything desires to flee from it, but nothing escapes it.

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Prayer is a sign of repentance, a desire to become better, purer.

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Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is: What are you willing to trade for it?

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Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.

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Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.

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

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Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.

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I have no desire to dress up my poetry and make it fancy. I want the poem to be as true as humanly possible to the feeling that inspired it. That's my only concern. Everything else seems wrong.

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Renunciation - non-resistance - non-destructiveness - are the ideals to be attained through less and less worldliness, less and less resistance, less and less destructiveness. Keep the ideal in view and work towards it. None can live in the world without resistance, without destruction, without desire. The world has not come to that state yet when the ideal can be realised in society.

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Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God.

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For if you know what you want, and will be content with it, you can be trusted. But if you do not know, your desires are limitless and no one can tell how to deal with you. Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.

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To wait on God is to live a life of desire toward Him, delight in Him, dependence on Him, and devotedness to Him.

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