#wishes

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#hide #keep #must #possesses #secret

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#else #happens #knows #man #neither

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people. ↗

— Matt Groening

#artistic #being #being yourself #creatively #creativity

And I don't believe that children are innocent. In fact, no one seriously believes that. Just go to a playground and watch the kids playing in the sandbox! The romantic notion of the sweet child is simply the parents projecting their own wishes. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#believes #child #children #fact #go

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul. ↗

— Heraclitus

#buys #contend #cost #desire #hard

If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#horses #nets #ride #throwing #were

We belong to the camp of peace. We believe in peace. We believe that our one God wishes us to live in peace and wishes peace upon us, for these are His teachings to all the followers of the three great monotheistic religions, the Children of Abraham. ↗

— King Hussein I

#believe #belong #camp #children #followers

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#able #attractions #bully #cheat #feeling

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#become #devout #humble #people #plenty

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#even #happiness #happy #impossible #indeed