936 Quotes About Desires

You have all the fears of mortals and all the desires of immortals

Diligence of desires.

Of course my dreams lay leagues outside the reach of my resources and the grasp of my abilities. For if I did not dream something wildly bigger than myself, I might have some really good ideas but I don’t have any dreams.

When we are weary, we speak lovingly of dreams as if they embodied our true desires—what we would have when that which we do have so sorely disappoints us

We live in an external world that is constantly undergoing alteration. Like every splendid and delicate aspect of nature, we are all fated to crumble and fall akin to the magenta leaves of autumn foliage. Until we die, we act as the architect of our diversified internal world. Our dreams and desires can lull us or inspire us.

More often than not, the greatest opposition to my dreams isn’t something that stands in front of me. Rather, it’s something that resides within me.

It is right to be satisfied with what you have, never with what you are.

Pure pleasure is than mere pleasure.

Lust is momentary without love, just as love is incomplete without desires.