When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes—to love more, and be happy.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts prosecution.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants ''success consciousness'' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing ''habit of success.''

Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.

The things are mighty few on earth That wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth We've go to work to gain.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than they need.

Your radiance shines in every atom of creation yet our petty desires keep it hidden.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances.

Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues.

Such sober certainty of walking bliss.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.

Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait.

No human creature can give orders to love.

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

I’m fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I’d like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don’t like being alone because they truly don’t like themselves, but I love me.

I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

They fear love because it creates a world they can't control.

And God said love your enemy and I obeyed him and loved myself.