Quotes About Desire

As a full-time paid religious person, I understand the desire to restrict God's work to only those who are formally recognized by our religious institutions. But He's too unpredictable for that.

This has always been the temptation of the people of God--to tame him. He increases mystery; we desire to remove it. He introduces paradox; we seek to solve it. We, like the Israelites before us, want a God who is understandable and predictable and safe.

Martha kisses me on the cheek too, only she does not wipe away her lipstick afterwards. When she is not looking, I touch where she put her lips. It feels sticky but in a nice way. Like she has left part of her kiss behind for me to find later tonight, when I am in bed and dropping off to sleep.

I resist my temptations in order to feel i am free.

Raging Heart, Sheila Weller

Money, the root of all evil...but the cure for all sadness.

The only permanent thing is impermanence. This was what I came up understand right then, right there, with the sun on my cheeks and the champagne on my lips. The notion that you could actually know what you want for the rest of your life is illogical and unreasonable. The best you can do is figure out what you want for lunch.

Many of us are living contradictions. I've done some empirical probing in my own life and have determined this to be true. We want God to speak to us, but we're petrified he'll call us to something uncomfortable, or difficult, or worse . . . something uncool.

As you ascertain the validity of the call you believe God is placing on your life, search your heart for any sinful motivation, any thoughts of power, greed, or pride. If you find it, repent and get humble again before Jesus, because his call won't involve manipulation. His Call Will Involve the Desire of Your Heart

You know, when you wait for something you really want, it makes it even more special when you finally get it.

But that is the funny thing about dreams...Just when you are sure you have a good one, an even better one comes along.

Pursuit is the proof of Love

Desire is powerful. As the Buddhist teacher Mark Epstein writes, "Desire is a teacher: When we immerse ourselves in it without guilt, shame, or clinging, it can show us something special about our own minds that allows us to embrace life fully." 2

the Universe doesn't judge —it will give you whatever you desire —but if your desire and intention are connected to love, they will manifest faster because love is the energy that binds the Universe.

She is cute as a button, pretty as a picture, eminently fuckable, totally unavailable.

Never! Never, Marge. I can't live the button-down life like you. I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles. Sure, I might offend a few of the bluenoses with my cocky stride and musky odors -- oh, I'll never be the darling of the so-called 'City Fathers' who cluck their tongues, stroke their beards, and talk about "What's to be done with this Homer Simpson?

I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have.

Briana watched him for a moment and then looked back out her window. "You don't know what you're missing, Kyle.

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.

Love, like fire, goes out without fuel.

Women only love those that they don't know.

Különös az, ha nagy szerencse éri az embert, hogy az els? vágya (mert vágya még mindig marad, ha minden vágya betelt is) a közlés; a harsonákat szeretné megfúvatni, heroldok kiáltsák ki a nagy esetet, hallja az egész világ.

No, no, no, no, no. Sex should not be fun, okay? Sex can be lots of things - thrilling, romantic, scary, mindless, dirty, dangerous, frantic, forbidden, freaky - but if you're finding it 'fun,' you're doing it wrong.

Just think of Emily Bronte, for example: psychotically bookish - but was there ever a woman screaming out so loudly for a good f***ing? I even suspect that's why Wuthering Heights carries on decades too long rather than sensibly drawing the curtains a little after Cathy's death. It was Bronte saying, 'Look - I'm simply going to keep on writing this stuff until someone comes and shags me raw.