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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. John Cage
Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them appears difficult or likely to cause injury. Epicurus
Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. Socrates
The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and variety of the pleasures that can be suggested, compared with the poverty of those that at any time can be felt. George Santayana
Man belongs wherever he wants to go. Scot Joplin
No living being is held by anything so strongly as by its own needs. Whatever therefore appears a hindrance to these, be it brother, or father, or mistress, or friend, is hated, abhorred, and execrated. Epictetus
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Theodore Roosevelt
I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was, never will be; in a light better than any light that ever shone; in a land no one can define or remember, only desire’ and the forms divinely beautiful. Edward Burne-Jones
I treasure this strange combination found in very few persons: a fierce desire for life as well as a lucid perception of the ultimate futility of the quest. Madeleine Gobeil
The constant demands of the heart and the belly can allow man only an incidental indulgence in the pleasures of the eye and the understanding. George Santayana
Man’s unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in. Sydney J Harris
Some might consider him as too fond of fame; for the desire of glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion. Tacitus
Conscious is when you are aware of something and conscience is when you wish you weren’t. Terry Wimpole
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. Mary Wollstonecraft
It is hard to fight against impulsive desire; whatever it wants it will buy at the cost of the soul. Heraclitus
There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it. LA Bruyere
I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. Edward, Duke of Windsor
I wish, by the way, that I knew who separated time from eternity; there seems only one thing to me, and I always feel that I am in eternity. Georgiana Burne-Jones
Since the creation of the world there has been no tyrant like intemperance, and no slave cruelly treated as his. William Lloyd Garrison
Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them. Adlai Stevenson
It is much easier to extinguish a first desire than to satisfy those which follow it. LA Rochefoucauld
If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. Thomas Carlyle
It is equally bad when one speeds on the guest unwilling to go, and when he holds back one who is hastening. Rather one should befriend the guest who is there, but speed him when he wishes. Homer
If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few. Benjamin Franklin
Thieves respect property; they merely wish the property to become their property so that they may more perfectly respect it. Gilbert K Chesterton
We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason. LA Rochefoucauld
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. Quintilian
What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which are exact opposites. Bertrand Russell
He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence. William Blake
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. Richard Bach
Other people’s appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them. Andre Gide
Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have. Eric Hoffer
Men take only their needs into consideration; never their abilities. Napoleon
When a man has been intemperate so long that shame no longer paints a brush upon his cheek, his liquor generally does it instead. George Dennison Prentice
All impediments in fancy’s course are motives of more fancy. Shakespeare
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. Samuel Johnson
Appetite is an instinct thoughtfully implanted by providence as a solution to the labor question. Ambrose Bierce
Needs must where the Devil drives. Proverb
