Desires

Famous quotes containing the word desires:

“And no one after drinking old wine desires new wine, but says, ‘The old is good.’”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 5:39.

“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)

“Let him who desires peace prepare for war.”
—Vegetius (c. 4th century)