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.

There are two tragedies in life. One is not get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.

There are two tragedies in life. One is not get your heart's desire. The other is to get 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?

We pursue that which retreats from us.

We pursue that which retreats from us.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man read more

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

All human activity is prompted by desire.

All human activity is prompted by desire.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Desire is the very essence of man.

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our read more

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our buddies in the foxhole. We rise out of the trenches and charge the entreched enemy and die like maggots under a blowtorch. We strap bombs on our bodies and blow ourselves up in the midst of our enemies. We are, when the cause is sufficient, insane.