“Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries about in his pocket. The more he has the more they weight him down.” MenDesireHopeWeightPocketsCarrieMetalsCoins Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“We are but phantoms ... and the phantoms of phantoms, desires like cloud-shadows and wills of straw that eddy in the wind; the days pass, use and wont carry us through as a train carries the shadow of its lights.” UseLightDesireWindShadowTrainCloudsCarriePhantomsStraws Book:The Country of the Blind: H. G. Wells Collections Source: The Country of the Blind: H. G. Wells Collections
“For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the children of that blind father; a passion, that carries us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds move feathers, and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire.” MenChildrenMovingDesirePassionEvilFatherLove IsWiseIndustryProveBlindErrorsCommitEaseCarrieDeniedFeathersAttainmentMischiefBegetsForesightFlattering Book:The Pilgrim's Progress & the Lives of Donne and Herbert Source: The Pilgrim's Progress & the Lives of Donne and Herbert
“Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.” MenIdeasDesireDelightAbsenceEnjoymentCarrieUneasiness Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater