I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.

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

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

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

Desire is the essence of a man.

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.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

No matter who you are or what your position you must keeping fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

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

Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live accordingly to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.