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He who reins within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king
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Here, with whitened hair, desires failing, strength ebbing out of him, with the sun gone down and with only the serenity and the calm warning of the evening star left to him, he drank to Life, to all it had been, to what it was, to what it would be. Hurrah!
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However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience.
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Humanity could only have survived and flourished if it held social and personal values that transcended the urges of the individual, embodying selfish desires - and these stem from the sense of a transcendent good.
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
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I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
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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!
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If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
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Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power
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In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace.
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Indignation is a submission of our thoughts, but not of our desires.
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It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
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Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.
The Fable of the Bees An Essay on Charity, and Charity-Schools, p. 328 -
Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this purpose. In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires...
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Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.
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