“Our destiny is largely in our hands.” 

“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.”

Life is found in the dance between your deepest desire and your greatest fear.

“Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.” 

“His sudden mad love for Sibyl Vane was a psychological phenomenon of no small interest. There was no doubt that curiosity had much to do with it, curiosity and the desire for new experiences; yet it was not a simple but rather a very complex passion.” 

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will.

A great man is always willing to be little.

We walk alone in the world. Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

“That’s the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.”

“What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.”

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning!

“The contemporary world has turned its back on the attempt and even on the desire to live reasonably.”

“Perhaps our need to escape into media is a misplaced desire for the journey.” 

“There are some desires that are not desirable.” 

“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.”

There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.

I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.

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

All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace.

The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

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