“My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others, so that they could receive the benefits of Jiu Jitsu as well. Growing up in this environment, I learned the art of Jiu Jitsu is actually a method through which one strives for self-perfection.” WellsPersonsArtSelfSpiritualDesireFatherGrowing UpEnvironmentGrowingBenefitsPerfectionMethodStriveStrifeNaturalistJiu JitsuSelf Perfection Author:Carlos Gracie, Jr.
“It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field.” PeopleThinkingTwoDesireMotivationHonestFieldsFootballTaxesBenefitsGainsFundamentalsHelpfulCheatingGood PeopleFootball Field Author:Dan Ariely
“All socialism involves slavery.... That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another's desires. The relation admits of many gradations. Oppressive taxation is a form of slavery of the individual to the community as a whole. The essential question is -- How much is he compelled to labor for other benefit than his own, and how much can he labor for his own benefit?” WholeFormDesireIndividualCommunityResponsibilityEssentialsBenefitsLaborRelationSlaverySlaveSocialismOppressionCompelledTaxationCoercionEssential Questions Author:Herbert Spencer
“Had Allah lifted the veil for his slave and shown him how He handles his affairs for him, and how Allah is more keen for the benefit of the slave than his own self, his heart would have melted out of the love for Allah and would have been torn to pieces out of thankfulness to Allah. Therefore if the pains of this world tire you, do not grieve. For it may be that Allah wishes to hear your voice by way of Dua'a. So pour out your desires in prostration and forget about it and know; that verily Allah does not forget it.” IfsKnowsWorldWayHeartMayDoeHas BeensSelfPainDesireWishVoiceForgetPiecesThis WorldBenefitsSlaveAffairHandleGrievingTornVeilsThankfulnessTireForget ItProstrationDua Author:Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
“What earnest worker, with hand and brain for the benefit of his fellowmen, could desire a more pleasing recognition of his usefulness than the monument of a tree, ever growing, ever blooming, and ever bearing wholesome fruit?” HandsDesireBrainGrowingTreeBenefitsFruitWorkersRecognitionEarnestMonumentUsefulnessBlooming Author:Washington Irving
“Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.” ShouldGovernmentDesireProgressBenefitsCriticismObjectivesReformSincereConstructiveConstructive Criticism Author:Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
“We must life the level of understanding both at home and abroad of what the free enterprise system is, what it is not, and how it benefits the people who live under it. We must somehow get these elementary truths across, not only to the people of other lands but to millions here at home who do not understand it, if we are to generate a powerful demand and desire for its retention.” PeopleIfsHomeDesireUnderstandingLevelsPowerfulMillionsLandDemandBenefitsEnterpriseFree EnterpriseRetention Author:Philip D. Reed
“You are in the same manner surrounded with a small circle of persons... full of desire. They demand of you the benefits of desire... You are therefore properly the king of desire. ...equal in this to the greatest kings of the earth... It is desire that constitutes their power; that is, the possession of things that men covet.” MenPersonsEarthDesireKingsDemandEqualBenefitsPossessionCircles Book:Blaise Pascal: Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works Source: Blaise Pascal: Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works