You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.

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.

The thing we long for, that we are
For one transcendent moment.

The thing we long for, that we are
For one transcendent moment.

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.

Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.

Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.

Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have
Immortal longings in me.

Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have
Immortal longings in me.

We pursue that which retreats from us.

We pursue that which retreats from us.

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.

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