“It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention of mortal eyes, which at times desire to see that which they have never seen.” EyeDesireInterestAttentionPaintingSensesMortalsVarietyRelaxationDecorationMonstrosity Author:Michelangelo
“Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone.” MenMindDesireHe ManQuietMortalsVainContentmentDeceivingTormentPeace Within Author:George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
“I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before I turn away--it is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death, but those who doubt of hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury and woe, Seek me in vain and uselessly implore, I answer not, and I return no more.” IfsStatesDesireTurnsOpportunityHoursSleepAnswersDoubtFateReturnMortalsConquerVainGatesWoeFoeFollow MeFeastingOpportunity Knocking Author:John James Ingalls
“The worst passion we mortals cherish is the desire to possess. Even when we know that our final destination is a hole not more than three feet square, we have the strongest craving” KnowsDesirePassionThreeFeetWorstFinalsHolesMortalsDestinationCherishStrongestSquaresCravingFinal Destination Author:D.T. Suzuki