#desire

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health? ↗

— Petrarch

#any #blessing #dangerous #desire #found

So whatever it is you want, need or desire or just like to have, you better try to get it now, 'cause this is the only time there is. ↗

— Della Reese

#cause #desire #get #just #like

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. ↗

— Quintilian

#desire #excite #forbidden #lawful #loved

Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American people should be reflected in this legislation, though sadly, they are silenced. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#actions #american #american people #charity #compassion

Our desires are guided by what we believe to be good or bad; our beliefs are directed by our knowledge; our knowledge, in turn, is again a manipulation of our desires. Our Will, during this inexorable revolution, serves as the force, increasing, decreasing, or at worst, maintaining the pace. ↗

— Raheel Farooq

#determinism #free-will #knowledge #life #life

Himself an ugly man, insignificant of appearance, he prized very highly comeliness in others. ↗

— Somerset Maugham

#beauty #comeliness #desires #uglyness #beauty

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#desire #even #how #kill #live

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

— Rita Rudner

#decided #desire #had #i #stand-up

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ↗

— Rumi

#desire #every #every heart #everyone #heart

I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#deeper #desire #energy #feel #followed