Quotes About Desires

O what a sight were Man, if his attires Did alter with his minde; And like a dolphins skinne, his clothes combin'd With his desires!

Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts which may cause pain in the future or are offensive to men.

A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.

World has things which full fill man needs, but not greeds.

Every affliction tests our will, showing whether it is inclined to good or evil. That is why an unforeseen affliction is called a test, because it enables a man to test his hidden desires.

For man as an historical creature has desires of indeterminate dimensions.

Men have a thousand desires to a bushel of choices.

If you have a great many desires, you will gradually eliminate them one by one, until you allow certain desires to dominate and the others to die away.

Men become utilitarian out of fear of the alternative the chaos of tangled or tepid desires, of rootlessness and boredom.

What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?

I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff.

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.

We spend all our youth chasing money, and when we attain it, we spend all our money chasing youth.

The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us.

I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.

I'd rather have happiness than money.

We each focus on what we're going to buy, but that's an incorrect focus. Focus instead on why you want to spend the money on this or that. What feeling in you does it satisfy?

Money cannot make you happy, but it can get rid of many of the things that make you unhappy.

Needs expand themselves to make use of the money available …. And desires expand to make use of 'others' money as well!

Money is 'limited' and people's demands are 'unlimited'.

The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.

It takes practice to hear your true desires. Your passion will often come as a whisper or serendipitous event that reminds you of what's important and what makes you happy.

Music is the career Im lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.

Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high, And wings it with sublime desires, And fits it to bespeak the Deity.