“I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences.” PeopleMayGovernmentDesireHoursLibertyRightsProtectConscienceEnglandPreserves Book:Letters and Speeches Source: Letters and Speeches
“We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and for this purpose we endeavor to shine. We labor unceasingly to adorn and preserve this imaginary existence and neglect the real.” MindRealDesirePurposeExistenceLaborShiningVanityPreservesHypocrisyNeglectEndeavorImaginaryDesire To LiveImaginary Life Book:Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works Source: Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works
“All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief.” MenWantMindMayStatesDesirePovertyConditionsFortuneBurdenEnvyPreservesMediocrityDesirableGentlenessMischief Author:Seneca the Younger
“Why, since man and woman were created for each other, had He made their desires so dissimilar? Why should one class of women be able to dwell in luxurious seclusion from the trials of life, while another class performed their loathsome tasks? Surely His wisdom had not decreed that one set of women should live in degradation and in the end should perish that others might live in security, preserve their frappeed chastity, and in the end be saved.” MenShouldMadeEndsMightAbleDesireClassSecurityMen And WomenTasksSavedTrialsPreservesDegradationChastityLuxuriousSeclusion Author:Madeleine Albright
“People are distracted by objects of desire, and afterwards repent of the lust they've indulged, because they have indulged with a phantom and are left even farther from Reality than before. Your desire for the illusory is a wing, by means of which a seeker might ascend to Reality. When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off; you become lame and that fantasy flees. Preserve the wing and don't indulge such lust, so that the wing of desire may bear you to Paradise. People fancy they are enjoying themselves, but they are really tearing out their wings for the sake of an illusion.” PeopleMayMeanRealityMightDesireLeftEnjoyFantasyObjectsBearsIllusionWingsSakeLustPreservesFancyParadiseRepentIndulgeDistractedSeekersPhantomsLameIllusoryObjects Of Desire Book:The Pocket Rumi Source: The Pocket Rumi