Desires

Famous quotes containing the word desires:

“Heaven is not as high as the desires of the human heart.”
—Chinese proverb.

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

“If all hearts were open and all desires known—as they would be if people showed their souls—how many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place!”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)