"Desire looks clear from the eyes of a lovely bride: power as strong as the founded world"

"Always desire to learn something useful."

"Land of Heart's Desire, Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood, But joy is wisdom, time an endless song."

"The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring."

"When desire dies, fear is born."

"Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it."

"Thirst is harder to bear than hunger, heat, or cold.”

He that desires to print a book, should much more desire, to be a book.

Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.

And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.

Real are the dreams of gods, and soothly pass their pleasures in a long immortal dream.

“’Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.”

“’Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.”

I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.

“Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.”

“From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.”

“Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn’t desire is the hardest thing in the world.”

“My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.” 

Turn your desire to stone. Quench your appetites. Keep your mind centered on itself.

“We make Him too small in our eyes and expect much less than He desires to give.” 

I sincerely desire to be appointed Commander in Chief of the air fleet to attack Pearl Harbor so that I may personally command that attack force.

“Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.” 

“Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day. Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become. Your integrity determines your destiny.” 

“The thought of only being a creature of the present and past was troubling. I longed for a future too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.”