“Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something”
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“Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something”
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die”
“Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else”
“People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains”
“I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things”
“It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite”
“Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves?”
“Health is my expected heaven”
“There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly”
“Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams”
“The discipline of desire is the background of character.”
“You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.”
“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea”
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful”