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desire world wonder
If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world. C. S. Lewis
desire delight outrun
The delight that consumes the desire, The desire that outruns the delight. Algernon Charles Swinburne
desire gains wealth
The desire to gain wealth and the fear to lose it are our chief breeders of cowardice and propagators of corruption. William James
desire progress want
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. Samuel Johnson
desire vipers poison
Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while he was chill was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison.
desire growing desire-for-power
The desire for power feeds off itself, growing as it devours. Ursula K. Le Guin
desire world longing
Our restlessness in this world seems to indicate that we are intended for a better. We have all of us a longing after happiness; and surely the Creator will gratify all the natural desires he has implanted in us. Robert Southey
desire income wealth
It is a mere illusion that, above a certain income, the personal desires will be satisfied and leave a wider margin for the generous impulse. Robert Louis Stevenson
desire world forests
For the forest takes away from you all excuse to die. There is nothing here to cabin or thwart your free desires. Here all impudences of the brawling world reach you no more.
wealth pleasure enjoyment
Money without wisdom diminishes the pleasure and enjoyment of wealth. James Cook