Quotes about Desire
What is it we buy with this money we desire? Is it something valuable? Is it something lasting? Oh, why do we desire it? Miserable is the rest achieved that costs so dearly.
— Teresa of Avila
Do you realize that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you- for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart… don't listen to the demon, laugh at him, and go without fear to receive the Jesus of peace and love…
— St. Therese of Lisieux
I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Clearly we must not be attached to anything, no matter how innocent, because it will slip from our grasp when least expected; nothing but the eternal can content us.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Therefore our natural desire for knowledge cannot come to rest within us until we know the first cause, and that not in any way, but in its very essence. The first cause is God. Consequently the ultimate end of an intellectual creature is the vision of God in His essence" (The Divine Trinity, Chapter 104).
— St. Thomas Aquinas
This is nothing, Walks the Fire. My anger came when you would not speak of your sadness.I thought you longed for the whites,that you cared nothing for us,that you feared telling me.To have many sons would be a wonderful thing. I cannot lie about that.But if having many sons means I must take another woman, then I would choose no sons and keep Walks the Fire in my tepee.Your heart cries out for children....my heart cries out only for you,best-beloved.
— Stephanie Grace Whitson
Thirst was made for water. Inquiry for truth.
— CS Lewis
The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
— Erica Jong
The truth is many singles deeply desire and pray for marriage.
— Eric Metaxas
You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
— Oscar Wilde
I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love Jesus as I did.
— Ellen White
It must be less wicked to love the wrong person than not to love anybody at all.
— Edith Wharton