Famous quotes containing the word desires:
“He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“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.