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.

    Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.
    Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)

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