Desires

Famous quotes containing the word desires:

“Just as a waterfall grows slower and more lightly suspended as it plunges down, so the great man of action tends to act with greater calmness than his tempestuous desires prior to the deed would lead one to expect.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“Too many desires harm the mind; to desire much money harms the body.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)