Quotes with non-desire

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  • George Eliot No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Epictetus No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • A. W. Tozer No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be.
    A. W. Tozer
    American Christian pastor, preacher and author
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be inseparable part of our very being.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Non-violence is the article of faith.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche Not necessity, not desire -no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Epictetus Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Philip Roth Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!
    American Pastoral (1997)
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desire to seem so.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Robert Browning O lyric Love, half angel and half bird. And all a wonder and a wild desire.
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Anne Rice Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge.
    Anne Rice
    American author of gothic fiction (1941 - 2021)
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  • Aeschylus Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Barack Obama Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Adela Florence Nicolson Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
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  • Claude M. Bristol One essential to success is that your desire be an all-obsessing one, your thoughts and aim be coordinated, and your energy be concentrated and applied without letup.
    Claude M. Bristol
    American writer
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