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“Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.”

Men Would Be Desire Strong Danger Fame Losing Difficulty Pursuit Vain Sufficient Very Strong Obtaining

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“Although humankind inherently "desires to know", if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge.”

Ifs Knows Desire Common Knowledge Clear Danger Development Demand Access Common Sense Reverence Humankind Unlimited Extinction

Author:Bill Joy

“We are not isolationists except in so far as we seek to isolate ourselves completely from war. Yet we must remember that so long as war exists on earth there will be some danger that even the Nation which most ardently desires peace may be drawn into war.”

May Long War Earth Remember Desire Nations Danger

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5

“In Dante the hero would rather flee and renounce the tempting embrace instead of yielding to his desires and enduring the attendant dangers.”

Desire Danger Hero Embrace Endure Renounce Tempting

Author:Peter Weiss

“The inert mind is a greater danger than the inert body, for it overlays and stifles the desire to live.”

Mind Body Desire Greater Danger Desire To Live

Author:Robertson Davies

“There is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price.”

Desire Danger Certainty

Book:In Defense of Politics

Source: In Defense of Politics

“You guys (Boko Haram) are trying so hard to convince everybody that you're such badasses. But all you've done with this kidnapping is highlight who the real badasses are, the kids you kidnapped. Compared to a teenager who knows that her desire for an education could get her dragged into a snake infested jungle to be sold as a bribe to some demented, stick-chewing cartoon villain but still gets up and goes to class everyday, fully aware of that danger - compared to their courage - I'd say Boko Haram is a bunch of little girls. But, you know what? You don't deserve that compliment.”

“I am dead already. Physical death will make no difference in my case. I am timeless being. I am free of desire or fear, because I do not remember the past or imagine the future. Where there are no names and shapes, how can there be desire and fear? With desirelessness comes timelessness. I am safe, because what is not, cannot touch what is. You feel unsafe, because you imagine danger. Of course, your body as such is complex and vulnerable and needs protection. But not you. Once you realize your own unassailable being, you will be at peace.”

“A man may be buoyed up by the efflation of his wild desires to brave any imaginable peril; but he cannot calmly see one he loves braving the same peril; simply because he cannot feel within turn that which prompts another. He sees the danger, and feels not the power that is to overcome it.”

Men Feels May Desire Turns Danger Overcoming Brave Sympathy Peril Prompts

Author:George Henry Lewes

“While extremely sensitive as to the slightest approach to slander, you must also guard against an extreme into which some people fall, who, in their desire to speak evil of no one, actually uphold and speak well of vice.”

People Wells Desire Fall Evil Speak Danger Approach Vices Extremes Sensitive Slander

Book:The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]

Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]