Famous quotes containing the word desires:
“Heaven is not as high as the desires of the human heart.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
“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)