“I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.” ThinkingKnowsWayDesireEmotionFictionNiceInformationOur TimeRemindingNeurologyPolarization Author:George Saunders
“There's a really nice moment in the life of a piece of writing where the writer starts to get a feeling of it outgrowing him - or he starts to see it having a life of its own that doesn't have anything to do with his ego or his desire to 'be a good writer'.” WritingMomentsFeelingsDesirePiecesNiceEgoReally NiceGood WritersOutgrowing Author:George Saunders
“Religion is not a nice thing. It is potentially a very dangerous thing because it involves a heady complex of emotions, desires, yearnings and fears.” DesireEmotionNiceAtheismDangerousComplexesPositive AtheismYearningNice ThingsDangerous Things Author:Karen Armstrong
“There’s nothing wrong with having a desire to want nice things. It’s when we place that as a measure of the value of ourselves that it goes askew.” WantDesireValuesNiceNice Things Author:Demi Moore
“If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people.” PeopleIfsWantSoulDesireNicePraiseFavorsConquerGarmentsConceitLaurels Author:Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
“Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire.” DesireSufferingSimpleNiceEquationsFlipped Author:Charles Yu
“An All-American is an ordinary person with an extraordinary desire to excel. You don't get to the top of the mountain by just dreaming. It's nice to dream. But it's the work ethic and pride that makes you get to that mountain top and that level of success.” PersonsDreamDesireLevelsNicePrideMountainOrdinaryEthicsExtraordinaryWork EthicOrdinary PersonMountain Top Author:Dick Vitale
“There's nothing wrong with having a desire to want nice things.” WantDesireNiceNice Things Author:Demi Moore
“If you want to be a yogi, you must be free, and place yourself in circumstances where you are alone and free from all anxiety. One who desires a comfortable and nice life and at the same time wants to realize the Self is like the fool who, wanting to cross the river, caught hold of a crocodile, mistaking it for a log of wood.” IfsWantSelfDesireRealizingNiceFoolCircumstancesAnxietyComfortableRiversCrossesCaughtWoodsWhere You AreYogiCrocodilesNice Life Book:The Powers of The Mind Source: The Powers of The Mind