Plato Quotes, Desire Quotes

Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It's very materialistic. It's full of desire and luxury goods.

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We should awaken feelings of respect for each other. In other words, awaken the desire to kill selfishness.

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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.

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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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Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

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It is characteristic of the military mentality that non-human factors ... are held essential, while the human being, his desires and thoughts-in short, the psychological factors-are considered as unimportant and secondary.

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aim, n. The task we set our wishes to.

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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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For to desire is better than to possess, the finality of the end was dreaded as deeply as it was desired.

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"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you." Follow God and you shall have whatever you desire.

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Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

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Macbeth's deed is done in horror, and without the faintest desire or sense of glory- done, one may almost say, as if it were an appalling duty; the instant it is finished, its futility is revealed to Macbeth as clearly as its vileness had been revealed beforehand

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I'm also combining my love of outdoors with my desire to help others.

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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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It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

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But I have no desire for fame and power anymore. I crawled out of the swamp and I'm not crawling back in.

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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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There is the unknown and the unknowable which propounds all creation. This we cannot love , we can only accept it as a term of our own limitation and ratification. We can only know that from the unknown, profound desires enter in upon us, and that the fulfilling of these desires is the fulfilling of creation.

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