Aristotle Quotes, Mean Quotes, Desire Quotes

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

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Philosophy is the microscope of thought. Everything desires to flee from it, but nothing escapes it.

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It is that fery person for all the orld, as just as you will desire; and seven hundred pounds of moneys, and gold, and silver, is her grandsire upon his death's-bed-Got deliver to a joyful resurrections!

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One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter.

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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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Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.

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If there are sound reasons or bases for the points you demand, then there is no need for violence. On the other hand, when there is no sound reason that concessions should be made to you but mainly your own desire, then reason cannot work and you have to rely on force. Thus using force is not a sign of strength but rather a sign of weakness.

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Each atom is trying to fly off from its centre. In the internal world, each thought is trying to go beyond control. Again each particle in the external world is checked by another force, the centripetal, and drawn towards the centre. Similarly in the thought - world the controlling power is checking all these outgoing desires.

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There is the desire of a consumer society to have no learning curves. This tends to result in very dumbed-down products that are easy to get started on, but are generally worthless and/or debilitating.

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Himmlisch ist's wenn ich bezwungen Meine irdische Begier; Aber doch wenn's nich gelungen Hatt' ich auch recht huebsch Plaisir! Loosely translated: It is heavenly, when I overcome My earthly desires But nevertheless, when I'm not successful, It can also be quite pleasurable.

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It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what you simply desire.

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You have always fought against your dreams, and 'I want' has never even shown its face. It was always drowned out by 'I must' or 'I hope' or 'I need...'

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The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.

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She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

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It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.

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Humankind's desire for peace can be realized only by the creation of a world government.

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A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire.

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Profound desire, true desire is the desire to be close to someone.

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It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

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The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed--the whole thing was absurdly beyond his desires.

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