“The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.”

Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.

In the sea there are countless treasures, But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.

Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.

A dog will never forget the crumb thou gavest him, though thou mayst afterwards throw a hundred stones at his head.

Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see; For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.

Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.

Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber: for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Be not in the desire of thine own ease.

The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.

Expose not the secret failings of mankind, otherwise you must verily bring scandal upon them and distrust upon yourself.

To succeed in life and achieve results, you must understand and master three mighty forces – desire, belief, and expectation.

If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.

Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.

Love is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.

One’s desire, not ability, determines success.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.