Quotes About Desire

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called spannungsbogen -- which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.

You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.

Mankind has only one science… its the science of discontent.

The Proximity of a Desirable Thing Tempts One to Overindulgence. On That Path Lies Danger.

The pursuit of unhappiness is an inalienable right of all humans.

A person cries out in life because it's lonely and because life's been broken off from whatever created it. But no matter how much you hate life, you love it too. It's like a caldron boiling with everything you have to have, but very painful to the lips.

Flesh that had cried in ecstasy, eyes that had burned him with their desire, the voice that had charmed him because it played no tricks of subtle control—all gone, back into the water and the sand.

People always want something more than immediate joy or that deeper sense called happiness. This is one of the secrets by which we shape the fulfillment of our designs. The something more assumes amplified power with people who cannot give it a name or who (most often the case) do not even suspect its existence. Most people only react unconsciously to such hidden forces. Thus, we have only to call a calculated something more into existence, define it and give it shape, then people will follow.

All men beneath your position covet your station

the proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence.

I don't want to be part of history, I just want to be loved...

You must be always hungry and thirsty." The Baron caressed his bulges beneath the suspensors. "Like me.

Ljudi koji u proro?anstvu traže budu?nost zapravo žele znati kakva ?e biti cijena kitovog krzna idu?e godine ili nešto sli?no banalno. Nitko stvarno ne želi imati život predvidiv u svakom trenutku.

Only once did Idaho speak. "You're not a virgin." "Nor are you, Love." "Love," he whispered. "Love, love, love . . ." "Yes . . . yes!" In

Se desejos fossem peixes, todos nós lançaríamos as redes.

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen"—which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing. —FROM "THE WISDOM OF MUAD'DIB" BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

The three legs of the agreement-tripod are desire, data and doubt. Accuracy and honesty have little to do with it.

Desire brings the participants together. Data sets the limits of their dialogue. Doubt frames the questions.

A victory is useless unless it reflects your deepest wishes.

It's my storm, Paul said [...] Though it shook the entire world it could not be more than I wished.

Fremenler eskilerin 'spannungsbogen' dediÄŸi bir nitelikte kusursuzlaÅŸm??t?... yani arzulad?klar? bir ÅŸeyi elde etmeye çal??madan önce sabredebiliyorlard?.

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen"—which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.

Tief im Unterbewusstsein des Menschen befindet sich der alles durchdringende Wunsch nach einem Universum, das einen logischen Sinn ergibt. Doch das echte Universum liegt immer einen Schritt jenseits der Logik.

What do you mean—desire, data and doubt?" "Desire brings the participants together. Data set the limits of their dialogue. Doubt frames the questions.