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If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice read more
Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance read more
You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.
The thing we long for, that we are
For one transcendent moment.
The thing we long for, that we are
For one transcendent moment.
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor read more
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.
Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay. Good hay,
sweet hay, hath no fellow.
Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay. Good hay,
sweet hay, hath no fellow.
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.