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"It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."
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"Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."
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"I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited."
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"The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired."
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"Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire."
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"Without 'Gnan' (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away."
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"You need to be greedy or ignorant to truly want to live forever."
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"Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural."
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"Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire."
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"He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes when they were really hungry they created vast banquets in their imagination - but at the end of the day they'd settle quite happily for egg and chips. If it was well done and maybe had a slice of tomato."
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"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."
People
"Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains."
Faith
"Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from."
God
"Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice."
Self
"We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about."
Knowledge
"The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle."
History
"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."
Talent
"Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible."
Habit
"Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there."
Evil
"The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves."
Thought
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