Quotes About Desires

In Jesus all our fears are removed, all our needs supplied, all our desires met. He, the righteous One, is your righteousness; He, the obedient One, is your obedience. Will you not trust Him for this? What faith sees and desires and expects and accepts, surely it will dare trust Christ to give. Will

I have no ambitions. I only have obsessions.

People's fantasies are what give them problems. If you didn't have fantasies you wouldn't have problems because you'd just take whatever was there.

If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart.

Are you going to talk about boys?" Sarah laughed. "What boys?" "Any boys." "No. We're talking about what we want for Christmas." "I want a dog," said Rose, hurrying to Abby's side. "A sister," said Sarah. "Poetry books," said Abby. "You just want poetry books because Zander likes poetry," said Rose.

Because they assume that people everywhere are animated by the same desires and fears, many Western liberals now blame their own governments for the excesses of Muslim terrorists.

Where is the freedom in this? Yes, you are free to do what you want even now. But where did your desires come from?

Is there a happiness that does not depend upon having one's favorite foods available, or friends and loved ones within arm's reach, or good books to read, or something to look forward to on the weekend? Is it possible to be happy before anything happens, before one's desires are gratified, in spite of life's difficulties, in the very midst of physical pain, old age, disease, and death?

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

I can discover within me no power of perception which is not glutted with its proper pleasure, yet I do not feel myself delighted. Man has surely some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.

Our desires increase with our possessions.

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments; any enlargement of wishes is therefore equally destructive to happiness with the diminution of possession, and he that teaches another to long for what he never shall obtain is no less an enemy to his quiet than if he had robbed him of part of his patrimony.

Sounds are too volatile and subtile for legal restraints; to enchain syllables, and to lash the wind, are equally the undertakings of pride, unwilling to measure its desires by its strength.

Consumerism has become a hypnosis that keeps our culture immature, as it keeps us overly focused on ourselves and on material desires, instead of on cultivating deeper soul richness. Corn

Alienation is studious; you learn more about wishes when they are not what you wish for.

Please. She sighed. 'Can't a girl have high standards? I don't want an ordinary boy.

Can't a girl have high standards? I don't want an ordinary boy.

Most girls I know would consider that wish fullfillment, not torture." I sat back, shaking my head. "Why does everyone keep saying that? Who says just because I'm a girl I'm hardwired to want to spent a hundred and eighty bucks on jeans?

Overindulgence" is a deprivation of constructive attention, a refusal to teach social/life skills, a refusal to teach self-regulation in social situations, a refusal to teach how to distinguish between wants and needs. Desires are indulged at the place where needs are starved.

I guess nothing restrains people from demanding ideal conditions. Very little restrains them from anything.

Even if you did drop into someone's consciousness, you'd have all their memories and desires and hang-ups right there in front of you. And as you say, in an eternity you'd get the chance to know everything once enough time had passed. You'd become unable to judge anyone.' 'You'd end up being completely compassionate,' I said. 'You wouldn't be able to judge someone once you understood them and their motivations. You'd become them, like Rowan said, and so it would be like judging yourself.

Unsere Wünsche sind die Vorboten der Fähigkeiten, die in uns liegen.

Çocuklar ne istediklerini bilmezler. Bütün e?itimciler bu konuda ayn? dü?üncede. Ama yeti?kinler de bu dünyada çocuklar gibi sendeleye sendeleye dola??r, Onlar gibi nereden gelip nereye gittiklerini bilmezler. Gerçek ülkülere do?ru ko?maz, bisküviler ve çöreklerle avunurlar. Kimse buna inanmak istemez ama bence bunun kadar aç?k bir ?ey yoktur.

Siempre que tenga deseos y aspiraciones, el hombre puede equivocarse.