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    Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

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We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

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Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
[Lat., Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peti.]

Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
[Lat., Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peti.]

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When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root read more

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever.

by Tokugawa Ieyasu Found in: Desire Quotes,
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of read more

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Desire Quotes,
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All human activity is prompted by desire.

All human activity is prompted by desire.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Desire Quotes,
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Had doting Priam checked his son's desire,
Troy had been bright with fame, and not with fire.

Had doting Priam checked his son's desire,
Troy had been bright with fame, and not with fire.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Desire Quotes,
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Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

by Patti Smith Found in: Desire Quotes,
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I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to be the one that you read more

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to be the one that you want to see. I want to knit you a sweater. I want to write you a love letter. I want to make you feel better. I want to make you feel free.

by Joni Mitchell Found in: Desire Quotes,
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We grow like flowers, and bear desire,
The odor of the human flowers.

We grow like flowers, and bear desire,
The odor of the human flowers.

by Richard Henry Stoddard Found in: Desire Quotes,
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