Desire Quotes

Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.

Want, or desire, arises when you are not happy. Have you seen this? When you are very happy then there is contentment. Contentment means no want.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said of all.

Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.

Meditation does not mean just sitting quietly for five or ten minutes. It requires conscious effort. The mind has to be made calm and quiet; at the same time, it has to be vigilant so as not to allow any distracting thoughts or desires to enter.

Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.