Quotes About Desire

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity – it's envy.

Everyones greatest fantasy is to walk away from the life (they think)you lead

At the heart of the matter is a battle between wish and fear. Fear generally proves stronger than a wish, but it leaves a taste of disappointment on the tongue.

One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of life.

I no longer desire happiness: life is nobler than that.

If I never meet you In this life Let me feel the lack A glance from your eyes Then my life Will be yours

Life is easy greediness adds complexity

I'll rest when I'm dead. I'm hungry and life is short!

I hear many people talk about their longing for a balanced life. What I think they are really expressing is a desire for a life with less pressure.

He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his life does not have it and can as little enjoy it.

Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there.

Do not vainly lament, but do wonder at the rule of transiency and learn from it the emptiness of human life. Do not cherish to unworthy desire that the changeable might become unchanging.

The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites.

Trouble comes to us all in this life: we set our hearts on things which it isn't God's will for us to have, and then we go sorrowing.

Eroticism is the approval of life unto death.

The key is to figure out what you want out of life, not what you want out of your career.

Remember, the grass is always greener where you don't happen to be the neighbor.

My greatest skill has been to want but little.

I have only to let myself go! So I have said all my life, yet I have never fully done it.

Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want.

There are two ways to be rich in life: have what you want or want what you have.

The story of her life. God gave you everything just to take it away. Just so you knew exactly what you were missing.

The purpose of life is to live your dreams, you should never smother your wishes.