#desires

Will ye be wantin’ this now, madam?” “Yes, please,” she whispered. She wanted to engrave the sight of him thus, about to make love to her, in her mind. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#mickey #oh-gawd-hawt #scandalous-desires #silence #love

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. ↗

— Aristotle

#desires #down #increase #increased #means

As a result of that, America desires a moderate Islam; an Islam that America can control; an Islam that America can give direction to and give orders to its leaders. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#control #desires #direction #give #islam

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires. ↗

— John Cleese

#desires #get #i #just #just one

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#desires #dream #help #his #person

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#desires #once #overcome #their #them

Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we already have. Allowing ourselves to really appreciate the prosperity we have created is a big step toward opening to even greater fulfillment. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#already #appreciate #big #busy #considerable

Knowing the path to follow doesn't make it a breeze to step along. If every desire were only a skip, hop, and a jump away, we'd all have arrived. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#destination #goals #life #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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You will live your life secure in that you are no longer manipulated by what other people want you to do and be, but are directed by your own inner desires. ↗

— H. Stanley Judd

#directed #inner #life #live #longer