Quotes About Desires

God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.

Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed.

The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.

You have projected onto yourself a world of your own imagination, based on memories, on desires and fears, and you have imprisoned yourself in it. Break the spell and be free.

The pretended desires of many to behold the glory of Christ in heaven, who have no view of it by faith while they are here in this world, are nothing but self-deceiving imaginations.

When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.

Every increase of needs tends to increase one's independence on outside forces over which one cannont have control and therefore increases existential fear

One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Refuse to criticize, condemn, or complain. Instead, think and talk only about the things you really want.

Negative desires can cause no evil if you do not allow yourself to be seduced by them.

Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.

Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.

There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.

Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)

I can wade through contrast and give birth to desires without yielding my Well Being.

The world appears solid to most people. It is filled with their pain, their desires, their private ecstasies, their expectations. They are that world - nothing glows.

Those who haven't visualise their dreams yet talk about people and things but those who already grasped their dreams talk about desires and ideas.

A persons soul reflects more than just their actions. It reflects their thoughts and feelings, their emotions and desires. It reflected all of who you are.

It is futile to strive for earthly things and to trust in riches that will perish. It is futile to desire honors and lift up ourselves. It is futile to be ruled by the desires of our physical body, for this will only bring misery in the end. It is futile to desire a long life and to care little for a good life. It is futile to concentrate on the here and now and not look forward to the things which are eternal. It is futile to love temporary things and not strive toward eternal joy.

People thought tolerance was the opposite of intolerance. Whereas in fact it was some meaningless neutrality. A child, any child, growing up, discovering herself and the nature of her deepest, most native desires - what use was tolerance to a child? It was encouragement she needed, encouragement first to be, then to love, herself. Or himself, whichever.

Paul said in the second epistle...the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine...they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn from the truth and wander away to myths.

Paul said in the second epistle to the good chap you were named after, 'The time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine . . . they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn from the truth and wander away to myths.

God is very present when two or three get together in his name. I've learned that God is pleased to give us the desires of our hearts, if at times he must change our hearts first.