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Quotes About Desire

But there was, she knew, something else. Happiness, she supposed. Whatever that might be. What, exactly, she wondered, was happiness. Very positively she wanted it.
~ Nella Larsen, Quicksand
It turns out that what money buys has rapidly diminishing emotional returns ... As long as we're not destitute, happiness depends less on getting what we want than appreciating what we already have.
~ Robert B. Reich
Das Glück ist nicht in den Dingen, die wir besitzen, sondern in den Dingen, die zu besitzen wir glauben.
~ Johannes Mario Simmel
To pursue happiness for its own sake is the surest way to lose it.
~ George Charles Roche III
That no man can truly imagine being happy and that's why happiness isn't for sale here.
~ Robin Hobb, Ship of Magic
You can never get enough of what you really don't want. Identify what it is you're actually craving. This will save Time, Energy and Resources.
~ Izey Victoria Odiase
Seekers, what are you seeking? Why aren't you happy just to be alive?
~ Marty Rubin
My dream is to keep dreaming!
~ Miguel Reynolds Brandao
A man came to Budha and said, "I want happiness". Budha replied" Remove 'I", its your ego, Remove "want" its you source of misery, Now you are left with "happiness".
~ DrDLN
Some things are too good. They make everything else worthless.
~ Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke
Follow your heart, there lies your happiness.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Sadly a pinch of happiness is not sold in markets.
~ Alamvusha
The only difference between a happy and an unhappy person is that the former values what he has and the latter always values what he hasn't
~ EverSkeptic
When she absently worried her bottom lip with one of her adorable little fangs, he s
~ Kresley Cole, Lothaire
It is in fact not our dream that makes us happy, but chasing that dream!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Happiness is a dream but as we know dreams coming true
~ Mohammed Sekouty
What are we all chasing? Nella wonders. To live, of course. To be unbound from the invisible ropes that Johannes spoke of in his study. Or to be happy in them, at least.
~ Jessie Burton, The Miniaturist
Some people wish they were as happy as or happy like some people think they are.
~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Being content isn't good enough. You deserve so much more—passion, joy, and excitement...
~ Nancee Cain, Tempting Jo
Happiness does not mean the absence of problems, but the existence of passion.
~ Sameh Elsayed
As much longing for worldly happiness (of 5 senses) there is, that much less is the spiritual development.
~ Dada Bhagwan
Why had he wanted to be rich, or to feel rich? Was he an unhappy mouse before? Didn't he see the King himself often looking sad? Was anyone completely happy?
~ William Steig, The Real Thief
What had he ever wanted that he could not buy? And if that wasn't riches he didn't know what was.
~ Josephine Tey
All Advertising is essentially a promise of future happiness.
~ Suleman Abdullah