Dalai Lama Quotes, Hands Quotes, Desire Quotes

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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He that desires to print a book, should much more desire, to be a book.

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Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy? Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?

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

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What I know for sure: Having the best things is no substitute for having the best life. When you can let go of the desire to acquire, you know you are really on your way.

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Sit Rest Work. Alone with yourself, Never weary. On the edge of the forest Live joyfully, Without desire.

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children are simply human beings who are allowed to do what everyone else really desires to do, as for instance, to fly kites, or when seriously wronged to emit prolonged screams for several minutes.

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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

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Our necessities are few, but our wants are endless.

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Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good.

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Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in.

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One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter.

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Himmlisch ist's wenn ich bezwungen Meine irdische Begier; Aber doch wenn's nich gelungen Hatt' ich auch recht huebsch Plaisir! Loosely translated: It is heavenly, when I overcome My earthly desires But nevertheless, when I'm not successful, It can also be quite pleasurable.

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Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

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Lost are we, and are only so far punished, That without hope we live on in desire.

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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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Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.

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The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed--the whole thing was absurdly beyond his desires.

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The end of desire is the end of sorrow.

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There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.

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