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“It was a dictum of his that the soul's energy thrives when the body's desires are feeblest.”

Book:The Life of St. Anthony

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The Life of St. Anthony

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Athanasius of Alexandria

Athanasius of Alexandria, born in 296 and died on May 2, 373, was a prominent Christian saint. He is known as the protector of the Alexandrian Church and had a profound impact on the development of Christian doctrine and theology. more

“It’s the moment when something happens not just deep among the trees but also in the dark interior of the human heart, for the heart, too, has its night and its wild surges, as strong an instinct for the hunt as a wolf or a stag. The human night is filled with the crouching forms of dreams, desires, vanities, self-interest, mad love, envy, and the thirst for revenge, as the desert night conceals the puma, the hawk and the jackal.”

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Book:Embers

Source: Embers

“I know, but he must have felt it that way, that evil was an emptiness, a lack of something, not a presence.' He turned his head fast and looked at me. 'That's what desire is, isn't it? The lack of something.”

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Book:The Blindfold

Source: The Blindfold

“There can be no god without desire.”

God Desire

Book:Bright Air Black

Source: Bright Air Black

“Não conseguia pensar em nada que desejasse especialmente na vida, excepto aquelas faíscas de cor púrpura - aquelas flores de fogo desabrochando selvaticamente -; daria a vida para poder segurá-las-”

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Author:Akutagawa Ryunosuke

“You will find solution, if you have a passionate, strong desire to breakthrough”

Success Desire Strong Wealth Money Labor Passionate Prosperity Riches Truth Of Life Breakthrough Find Solution

Author:Sunday Adelaja

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