Aristotle Quotes, Believe Quotes, Desire Quotes

[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.

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Poor people are as much in danger from an inordinate desire towards the wealth of the world as rich from an inordinate delight in it.

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God desires to reveal to us that His capacity to forgive is bigger than our capacity to sin.

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There is no greater crime than desire.

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"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you." Follow God and you shall have whatever you desire.

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I no longer desire happiness: life is nobler than that.

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It is true that we may desire much more. But let us use what we have, and God will give us more.

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Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill.

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Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have permanency. The continuity of permanence is sought in every direction, in virtue, in relationship, in action, in experience, in knowledge, in outward and inward things. To find security and be secure is the everlasting cry. It is this insistent demand that breeds fear.

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Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.

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The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

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A nonviolent man cannot desire embarrassment.

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Behind my non-cooperation there is always the keenest desire to cooperate on the slightest pretext even with the worst of opponents. To me, a very imperfect mortal, ever in need of God's grace, no one is beyond redemption.

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If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others

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Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

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life is long between the desire and the spasm.

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If, then, there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake (everything else being desired for the sake of this), and if we do not choose everything for the sake of something else (for at that rate the process would go on to infinity, so that our desire would be empty and vain), clearly this must be the good and the chief good.

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I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.

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As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and carry their faith into every part of their lives.

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Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.

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