Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do.

Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do.

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.

Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same
inclinations.
[Lat., Velle suuum cuique est, read more

Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same
inclinations.
[Lat., Velle suuum cuique est, nec voto vivitur uno.]

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.

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.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

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 secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.