“I do not approve the maxim which desires a man to know a little of everything. Superficial knowledge, knowledge without principles, is almost always useless and sometimes harmful knowledge.” KnowsMenLittlesSometimesDesirePrinciplesKnowledgeUselessSuperficialMaximsSuperficial Knowledge Book:La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims
“Woe to those who get what they desire. Fulfillment leaves an empty space where your old self used to be, the self that pines and broods and reflects. You furnish a dream house in your imagination, but how startling and final when that dream house is your own address. What is left to you? Surrounded by what you wanted, you feel a sense of amputation. The feelings you were used to abiding with are useless. The conditions you established for your happiness are met. That youthful light-headed feeling whose sharp side is much like hunger is of no more use to you.” FeelsSelfUseFeelingsDreamLightWantedSuccessUsedDesireHouseLeftSidesImaginationSpaceConditionsMetsEmptyFinalsHungerUsed To BeUselessFulfillmentAddressesWoeAbidingEmpty SpaceOld SelfAmputationDream House Author:Laurie Colwin
“You can't argue with a raging want. You can, but it is useless.” WantDesireRageArguingUseless Author:Storm Jameson
“From an evolutionary point of view, most emotions - fear, desire, anger - serve some practical purpose, but nostalgia is a useless, futile thing because it is a longing for something that is permanently lost . . . .” DesirePurposeLostViewsEmotionLongingPoint Of ViewNostalgiaPracticalsUseless Book:Us Source: Us