The desire for true happiness is nothing to feel ashamed about.

There's nothing wrong with having a desire to want nice things.

Shameless: Punish me for my desire if you will. It burns still.

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied.

Love enjoys knowing everything about you; desire needs mystery.

The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment.

All desires and egoism will have to be banished from the being.

Your sexuality belongs to you, and think about your own desire.

Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire.

It is better to desire than to enjoy, to love than to be loved.

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

I’m torn between the desire to create and the desire to destroy.

The essence of what I desire is simply this: to sleep away life.

Matter feels, converses, suffers, desires, yearns and remembers.

Often secret desires as well as abilities surface in our dreams.

The desire of any war photographer is to be put out of business.

Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.

Desire is never final, desire is imprecise and impractical [...]

A pure love is a selfless love, but can desire ever be selfless?

Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire.

I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.

[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.

Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.

We must not simply desire God; we must live in total dependence.

Know this, that troubles come swifter than the things we desire.

Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.

Only by accepting our desires can we have an idea of who we are.

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.

Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.

Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.

But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people.

Though the desire of fame be the last weakness Wise men put off.

Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.

A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

We all desire to be understood, but no one enjoys being obvious.

People who repress desires often turn, suddenly, into hypocrites.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

A healthy desire for wealth is not greed. It's a desire for life.

She was like a crinkled poppy; with the desire to drink dry dust.

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action.

I think a woman is born with the desire to hear she is beautiful.

It's hard to write sex because it's hard to write desire, period.

The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery

Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.

They do not desire anything more than everything they have known.

We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

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