Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
A man who desires to get married should know everything or nothing.
Not one amongst the doctors, as you'll see For his own friends desires to prescribe.
My maternal desires are fully satisfied with my dogs.
Whoever desires to purify his heart, then let him prefer Allah to his desires
When it comes time to protecting the homeland, the United States of America must be right 100 percent of the time. And the enemy, which desires to strike us again, only has to be right once.
God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
. . . the desire for truth must take precedence over all other desires.
You should have desires, but the desires should not have you.
That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.
Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron fillings.
In order to be effective decision makers and to live satisfying and contented lives, people need to be aware of their goals, desires, and purposes and need to be able to evaluate or assess the extent to which they are heading in the direction specified by their inner standards.
The world has proclaimed the reign of freedom, especially of late, but what do we see in this freedom of theirs? Nothing but slavery and self-destruction! For the world says: "You have desires and so satisfy them, for you have the same rights as the most rich and powerful. Don't be afraid of satisfying them and even multiply your desires. "
It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates
There is a yearning that is as spiritual as it is sensual. Even when it degenerates into addiction, there is something salvageable from the original impulse that can only be described as sacred. Something in the person (dare we call it a soul?) wants to be free, and it seeks its freedom any way it can. . . . There is a drive for transcendence that is implicit in even the most sensual of desires.
Either we conform our desires to the truth or we conform the truth to our desires.
Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more easily than their words.
Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.
There can be no doubt that the knowledge of logic is of considerable practical importance for everyone who desires to think and to infer correctly.