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  • And that taught me you can't have anything, you can't have anything at all. Because desire just cheats you. It's like a sunbeam skipping here and there about a room. It stops and gilds some inconsequential object, and we poor fools try to grasp it - but when we do the sunbeam moves on to something else, and you've got the inconsequential part, but the glitter that made you want it is gone.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes , Moving Quotes , Desire Quotes
  • The craving for equality can express itself either as a desire to pull everyone down to our own level (by belittling them, excluding them, tripping them up) or as a desire to raise ourselves up along with everyone else (by acknowledging them, helping them, and rejoicing in their success).
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Desire Quotes , Levels Quotes
  • Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alain de Botton Quotes , Desire Quotes , May Quotes
  • The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite? It has no desires for itself; thus it is present for all beings. The Master stays behind; that is why she is ahead. She is detached from all things; that is why she is one with them. Because she has let go of herself, she is perfectly fulfilled.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Laozi Quotes , Letting Go Quotes , Desire Quotes