desires Quotes

Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most swayed and in which they show absence of control...They are changeable and fickle in their desires... ...

It's braver to control your own desires than to defeat enemies, because overcoming yourself is the hardest win.

The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.

Adjust your desires to what you can currently afford. Only increase them when you have more resources.

"I can wade through contrast and give birth to desires without yielding my Well Being."

"All of your desires, wants, or preferences emanate from you naturally and constantly, for you stand at the Leading Edge of a Universe that makes that so."