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“Caring what others think about us is normal. The desire to belong is basic to human nature. But in order to feel like you truly belong, you must accept yourself for who you are. This is critical to Fearless Living.”

Thinking Feels Humans Desire Order Accepting Human Nature Like You Normal Who You Are Caring Critical Fearless Accepting Yourself

Book:Fearless Living

Source: Fearless Living

“The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it. But we cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for; that task is left to others. With the desire for excellence comes, therefore, the desire for approbation. And this distinguishes intellectual excellence from moral excellence; for the latter has no necessity of human tribunal; it is more inclined to shrink from the public than to invite the public to be its judge.”

Humans Littles Desire Left Wish Moral Judging Degrees Intellectual Tasks Excellence Strive Latter Attributes Invites Shrinks Tribunals Moral Excellence

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“These ways to make people buy were strange and new to us, and many bought for the sheer pleasure at first of holding in the hand and talking of something new. And once this was done, it was like opium, we could no longer do without this new bauble, and thus, though we hated the foreigners and though we knew they were ruining us, we bought their goods. Thus I learned the art of the foreigners, the art of creating in the human heart restlessness, disquiet, hunger for new things, and these new desires became their best helpers.”

“It seemed to me at an early age that all human communication - whether it's TV, movies, or books - begins with somebody wanting to tell a story. That need to tell, to plug into a universal socket, is probably one of our grandest desires. And the need to hear stories, to live lives other than our own for even the briefest moment, is the key to the magic that was born in our bones.”

Needs Humans Book Moments Stories Age Desire Born Magic Tvs Communication Keys Universal Bones Live Life Plugs

Book:Boy's Life

Source: Boy's Life

“Beauty ensnares hearts, captures minds, and stirs up emotional wildfires. From Plato to pinups, images of human beauty have catered to a limitless desire to see and imagine an ideal human form.”

Mind Humans Heart Form Desire Beauty Imagine Emotional Ideals Capture Plato Limitless Human Form Wildfires Pinup

Author:Nancy Etcoff

“I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.”

Should Believe Humans Desire Universe I Believe Worry Perspective Should Have Broads

Author:Stephen Hawking

“It is important to distinguish between sense-pleasure and sense-desire. There is nothing wrong with sense-pleasure. Pleasure and pain are part of our human experience. Sense-desire, on the other hand, is the grasping at pleasure or the avoidance of pain. This is what creates suffering-grasping and avoidance.”

Humans Important Hands Pain Desire Suffering Pleasure Human Experience Avoidance Grasping Pain And Pleasure

Author:Dipa Ma

“An ideal is an unselfish aspiration. Its purpose is the general welfare not only of this but of future generations. It is a thing of the spirit. It is a generous and humane desire that all men may share equally in a common good. Our ideals are the cement, which binds human society.”

Source: Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President

“...all enjoyment is dependent upon the frailty of human life and human desires ... if we were to have all we want and to live forever, all enjoyment would be gone.”

Ifs Want Humans Would Be Desire Gone Forever Human Life Enjoyment Dependent Live Forever Frailty

Author:Ellen Swallow Richards