3,482 Quotes About Desire

Man's pursuit of physical desires and earthly possessions is an indication of his lack of conviction that the purpose of his existence is the attainment of spirituality.

From moment then to moment their desire Gained strength, and wisdom fled before love's fire; Passion engulfed them, and these lovers lay Entwined together till the break of day.

Much will always wanting be

Whoever desires this world must seek its knowledge, and whoever desires the next must seek its knowledge.

I have no desire to dress up my poetry and make it fancy. I want the poem to be as true as humanly possible to the feeling that inspired it. That's my only concern. Everything else seems wrong.

I have a burning desire to entertain and different mediums allow me to do this in different ways.

True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything.

Greatest victory which we desire, is to defeat truth and Lo! Truth is undefeated

When the desire ain't on me I don't need help. When it is on me I don't want any. See? Like the old fellah that never mended his roof. Said on a wet day he couldn't do it and on a dry day it was as good as anybody's.