Quotes About Desire

No deseo nada aunque lo deseo todo.

In vain did Phœbe's alabaster brow show above the horizon reflected in the sombre mirror of the river; Zamore would not bay at the moon, although such prolonged ululation gives infinite delight to creatures of his species.

He has never inspired me with any desire and left it unsatisfied, and that is why I have always found His bitter chalice full of sweetness.

In Heaven, God will do all I desire, because on earth I have never done my own will.

THE science of love! Sweet is the echo of that word to the ear of my soul. I desire no other science. Having given all my substance for it, like the spouse in the Canticles, I think that I have given nothing. (Cant. 8:7).

IN order that Love may be fully satisfied it must needs stoop to very nothingness and transform that nothing into fire.

La perfección consiste en hacer su voluntad, en ser lo que él quiere que seamos...

La verdadera sabiduría consiste en «querer ser ignorado y tenido por nada» –en «gozar en el desprecio de sí»–. Yo quería que, como el de Jesús, «mi rostro estuviera verdaderamente escondido y que nadie en la tierra pudiera reconocerme». Tenía sed de sufrir y de ser olvidada.

When we hear the Word preached, are we generally looking to have a need met (for example, to be entertained or to gather some practical advice) or are we primarily desiring to understand the original meaning of the text and apply it to our lives?

I wanted to love this piano. I wanted to invite music back into my life.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion breaks through an unreflecting mind.

There is no fire like passion; there is no shark like hatred; there is no snare like folly; there is no torrent like greed.

who says we can't touch ourselves to keep from getting bored? nothing else is touching thats for sure

A hundred long leagues is no distance for him who would quench the thirst of covetousness; but a contented mind has no solicitude for grasping wealth.

He who seeks wealth sacrifices his own pleasure, and, like him who carries burdens for others, bears the load of anxiety.

Through avarice a man loses his understanding, and by his thirst for wealth he gives pain to the inhabitants of both worlds.

Give the People what they want - and they'll get what they deserve.

the love of money is the root of all evils." - John de Alençon, Pg, 64

A prisoner of love is a person who is passionately in love. Losing that passion will set him free

Lose your dream, you lose your mind.

Catch your dreams before they slip away Dying all the time Lose your dreams And you will lose your mind

I see a red door and i want it painted black.

Catch your dreams before they slip away Lose your dreams And you will lose your mind. Ain't life unkind?