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Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, persists after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

Consciousness means choicelessness, and to be choiceless is to be free from all desire, is to be free from all projection, is to be free from all imagination, is to be free from future.

Conscious evolution means having the desire to evolve.

Consensus and dialogue have always played a significant role, especially in Danish society. Of course there are basic values that must be respected, but within this framework, we are a liberal and tolerant country where everyone can live as they desire and according to their tradition. That is the Danish way.

Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment.

Consistent prayer is the desire to do right.

Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

Contrary to what phenomenology- which is always phenomenology of perception- has tried to make us believe, contrary to what our desire cannot fail to be tempted into believing, the thing itself always escapes.

Contentment produces, in some measure, all those effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if it does not bring riches, it does the same thing by banishing the desire for them.

Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.

Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? Romantically she decided that love must surely reside in the gap between desire and fulfillment, in the lack, not the contentment. Love was the ache, the anticipation, the retreat, everything around it but the emotion itself.

Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind; No general object of desire is known, Each has his will, and each pursues his own.

Courage, cheerfulness, and a desire to work depends mostly on good nutrition.

Countless are, as the sand in the sea, the deep desires of men, and none resembles the other, and all of them, whether shameful, or great, in the beginning are obedient, but later become terrible masters over him.

Create content that satisfies your uber goals and desires.

Cowardice is impotence worse than violence. The coward desires revenge but being afraid to die, he looks to others, maybe to the government of the day, to do the work of defense for him. A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women.

Cranks live by theory, not by pure desire. They want votes, peace, nuts, liberty, and spinning-looms not because they love these things, as a child loves jam, but because they think they ought to have them. That is one element which makes the crank.

Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Creativity is a space for solitary longing, the desire to be elsewhere in space and time, to be in a new ideal world where life is as it should be.

Creativity is an attempt to resolve a conflict generated by unexpressed biological impulses, such that unfulfilled desires are the driving force of the imagination, and they fuel our dreams and daydreams.

Criminals interest me, because they're driven by the same desires as we are, but they take these disastrous shortcuts and end up in a real mess.

Cultivate your desire for success to be greater than the fear of failure; Failure is merely a pitstop between where you stand and success. Failure allows you to learn the fastest; Failure inspires winners and defeats losers.

Curiosity, like all other desires, produces pain as well as pleasure.

Daily, constantly, we choose by our desires, our thoughts, and our actions whether we want to be blessed or cursed, happy or miserable.

Darwin theorized that mankind (both male and female) evolved alongside each other over millions of years, both reproducing after their own kind before the ability to physically have sex evolved. They did this through "asexuality" ("without sexual desire or activity or lacking any apparent sex or sex organs"). Each of them split in half.

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

Death! Strange that there should be such a word, and such a thing, and we ever forget it; that one should be living, warm and beautiful, full of hopes, desires and wants, one day, and the next be gone, utterly gone, and forever!

Deep down, we remain human, very human and have all the desires to love and be loved by one person.

Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections.

Dependable teams members possess the desire to do the things they are capable of doing.

Desire and dedication are everything!

Desire can be as fragile as it is sudden.

Desire dazzles, and the sun gives life.

Desire is the great equalizer.

Desire is the motivating force behind all progress and advancement in science, art, industry and in all phases of life.

Desire is this absurdity that holds open the infinity of possibility. Ever optimistic, ever resourceful, desire tells us what it sees as it speeds ahead on its divine wings. What we cannot see, desire describes, and then it goads us to travel on until we have given birth to Joy.

Desire looks clear from the eyes of a lovely bride: power as strong as the founded world

Desire of greatness is a godlike sin.

Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.

Desire and hope will push us on toward the future.

Desire, and the ways in which men perform their masculinity and feel as if they can take up space and say anything about your body, have always been a dangerous space for me.

Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God.

Desire disappears as you become more and more aware. When awareness is one hundred percent, there is no desire at all.

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

Desire followed the glance, pleasure followed desire

Desire, instead of being an obstacle to an inspired and fulfilled life, is the very thing that propels you toward it.

Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel.

Desire is craving enough to sacrifice for

Desire can attain the darkest human terror and give an actual ideal of hell and its horror.