Quotes about Desires

"He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence."
-William Blake

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies."
-Aristotle

"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate."
-Socrates

"Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfilment of animal desires."
-Alexander Graham Bell

"The problem with intelligent agents and filters is that they can never do anything more than a crude approximation of my desires and wants."
-Clifford Stoll

"Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)."
-Cicero

"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires."
-Bertrand Russell

"Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty."
-Frank Herbert

"Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied."
-Henry George

"He who desires is always poor."
-Claudianus

"All of his desires to assist in the criminal case are absolutely irrelevant."
-Peter Ezzell

"Another pendulum shift is inevitable, and new desires are surfacing."
-Belinda Stone

"Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, Alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams And our desires."
-Wallace Stevens

"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

"In the long run a man becomes what he purposes, and gains for himself what he really desires."
-Hamilton Wright Mabie

"Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations."
-Persius

"The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy."
-Charlotte Catherine

"Whoever longs for paradise forgets his desires."
-Imam Ali