Quotes About Desire

Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.

Happy are those who find wisdom... She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.

Put your hand on your heart and ask yourself, what do I want? The first thing that comes to mind is always the right one.

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.

I crave the indulgence of my senses but this is countered by an interior desire that is even keener than my senses to know the meaning of things

Just as it is agreed that we all wish to be happy, so it is that we all wish to be wise, since no one without wisdom is happy.

Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.

God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.

Land of Heart's Desire Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood, But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.

All the wisdom in the world cannot put in one's heart the love one yearned for as a small child.

If you desire wisdom like money and buried treasures, then you'll find it!

Wisdom in relationships involves a selfless desire to do what's best for the other person.

The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

With the goodness of God to desire our highest welfare, the wisdom of God to plan it, and the power of God to achieve it, what do we lack? Surely we are the most favored of all creatures.

I am not biased against the rich because they are rich, but the most lively people are those without money who would like to have some

Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.

Each man is led by his own liking.

Do not desire a long life or an early death

Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.

Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!