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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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Be not deceived, Wormwood, our cause is never more in jeopardy than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe in which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.
The Screwtape Letters (1942) -
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.
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Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.
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Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.
The Screwtape Letters (1942) -
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
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Virtue consists not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Maxims for Revolutionists -
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
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