2,329 Quotes About Want

In Mojave, our words for want and need are the same – because why would you want what you don’t need?

Do not be afraid of my words: a dead woman wants nothing more, she wants neither love nor pity nor consolation.

Who can comprehend my torment, my sleepless nights, my flirtation with suicide? After all, haven’t I everything one could wish: money, friends, family, a beautiful and charming wife, renown, respectability? Who will comfort me? Who refrain from asking the obvious question: “What more can you want?

If gratitude is the parent of all virtues (Cicero) and necessity is the mother of invention (Plato), could being being grateful in times of need help you be inventive enough to receive everything you want?⁣

Pleasure is not a need, but an incentive.

If you really want to help others, make sure you deeply understand yourself.

Exercise because you want to be healthy and energetic. Read because you want to constantly learn. Meditate because you want to be connected to being.

Your heart launches itself against your rib cage like an animal.

The less your needs, the stronger your integrity.