Quotes about Desires
Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.
— Aristotle
Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.
— Alister McGrath
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.
— CS Lewis
We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.
— Aristotle
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— St. Augustine
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
— Teresa of Avila
Desires are seeds waiting for their season to sprout. From a single seed of desire, whole forests grow.
— Deepak Chopra
Every living soul has different talents, different desires, different faculties. Be yourself, for even if you deceive the entire world, you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.
— Carl Jung
Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification.
— Joseph Campbell
We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires.
— David Platt
When we become quiet and introduce our intentions into the field of pure potentiality, we harness the universe's infinite organizing power, which can manifest our desires with effortless ease.
— Deepak Chopra
Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle and shameless it is.
— Dallas Willard