Oh! could I throw aside these earthly bands
That tie me down where wretched mortals sigh--
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Oh! could I throw aside these earthly bands
That tie me down where wretched mortals sigh--
To join blest spirits in celestial lands!

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.

It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most

It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

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.]

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.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of read more

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

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 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.