Quotes about Desire
The end of their passion consists of loving uselessly at the moment when it is pointless.
— Albert Camus
If all we mean by our love is a craving to be loved, we are in a very deplorable state.
— CS Lewis
My heart, my heart, be whole and free: Love is thine only enemy.
— George Bernard Shaw
Love is an appetite which, like all other appetites, is destroyed for the moment by its gratification.
— George Bernard Shaw
One may be drunk with love without being any nearer to finding his mate.
— Henry David Thoreau
To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend, All is the purlieu of the god of love.
— John Donne
The very longing for contentment that ought to drive us to simplicity of life and labors of love contents itself instead with the broken cisterns of prosperity and comfort.
— John Piper
Love is all I can possess and no one can deprive me of it. Kahlil Gibran (Visions of the Prophet)
— Khalil Gibran
On the other hand, a flaccid, moping, debauched mollusc, tired from too much love and loose-nerved from general world conditions, can be a shameful thing served raw upon the shell.
— MFK Fisher
Seek beauty and miss love. But seek love and find both.
— Max Lucado
Debt comes from wanting more than God's current provision for your life and arranging other ways to get it.
— Bill Hybels
God's preferred state for humankind is that we live free from fear, experiencing shalom, or peace. From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture is packed with references that emphasize God's desire for a fear-free, peace-filled world.
— Bill Hybels