We need to learn how to want what we have not to have what we want in order to get steady and stable happiness.
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There are men who are possessed by an urge so strong to do some particular thing that they can't help themselves, they've got to do it. They're prepared to sacrifice everything to satisfy their yearning.
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For the first few seconds, she was afraid he would throw her out because of the crude noises she was making, but then he put his arms around her. She was grateful to him for ignoring her rumbles, and she kissed him passionately, her eyes misting.
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Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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Things don't change, but by and by our wishes change.
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The more one presupposes that his own power will suffice him to realize what he desires the more practical is that desire. When I treat a man contemptuously, I can inspire him with no practical desire to appreciate my grounds of truth. When I treat any one as worthless, I can inspire him with no desire to do right.
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Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
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Passion is like suffering, and like suffering it creates its object. It is easier for the fire to find something to burn than for something combustible to find the fire.
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There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.
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For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.
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