Quotes About Desires

The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires.

La sopravvivenza di se stessi, della specie, dell' ambiente, queste sono le cose che muovono gli esseri umani. Potete osservare come l'ordine d'importanza cambi nell'arco d'una vita. Quali sono le cose che suscitano una preoccupazione immediata a una certa età? Il clima? Lo stato della digestione? A lei o a lui importa davvero? Tutti quei vari tipi di fame che la carne sente e spera di soddisfare. Che altro può davvero importare?

If I always behave with propriety, no matter what it costs me to suppress my own desires, then that is the measure of me." "Such is the essence of self-control, youngster.

If wishes were fishes we'd all cast nets.

O futuro continua incerto e assim deve ser, pois é a tela na qual pintamos os nossos desejos. Desse modo, a condição humana sempre tem à frente uma tela maravilhosamente vazia. De nosso, temos somente este momento no qual nos dedicamos continuamente à presença sagrada que compartilhamos e criamos.

If wishes were fishes we'd all cast nets," he murmured.

give me the luxuries of life and I will gladly do without the necessities.

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.

I'm really curious about people - what their desires and interests are - and bit.ly's data tell me that. It gives me an unprecedented window into human communication and behavior.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

The only thing that matters is what God wants, what the fans think, and what the UFC asks for.

When it's supposed to be, when it's the right thing. I have a very strong opinion about things and what works best for me in terms of manifesting my desires.

She was everything he avoided—youth, innocence, inexperience. And she had everything he wanted—guts, wisdom and compassion.

And I know that I'll eventually need to figure out what I want to do with my life, but right now, enjoying it seems like a pretty good option, since it's not like I can have what I really want.

Developing the cognitive control that leads to a more contemplative Christian life is the key to living as free men and women in post-Christian America. The man whose desires are under the control of his reason is free. The man who does whatever occurs to him is a slave. Untold

if one's religion is to mean anything, if it is to last, it has to stand outside of time and place. Its truths have to be transcendent. And though we moderns have to find a way to make the tradition livable in our own situations, we must never forget that we don't judge the religion; the religion judges us. To be blunt, a god that is no bigger than our own desires is not God at all, but a divinized rationalization for self-worship.

A Christian who practices asceticism trains himself to say no to his desires and yes to God.

The Myth of Progress teaches that science and technology will empower individuals, unencumbered by limits imposed by religion and tradition, to realize their desires.

Los rasgos del carácter son "los anhelos apasionados relativamente permanentes".

A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just go to action pictures, and things like that.

the Buddha whimsically pointed out that seeking happiness in one's material desires is as absurd as "suffering because a banana tree will not bear mangoes.

it soon becomes evident that their underlying problem is that they have no definite experience of their own desires or wants. Thus they feel swayed this way and that, with painful feelings of powerlessness, because they feel vacuous, empty.

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.

Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail.