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«Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.»
Author: Jean de La Fontaine (Poet) | About: Fear | Keywords: believes, desire, easily, fear, very, whatever
«Anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, he can make anything he wants to make of himself.»
«All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.»
«Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.»
Author: Confucius | Keywords: desire, impose
«Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.»
«Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.»
«Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.»
«Desire links non-being to being.»
Author: Rig Veda | Keywords: being, desire, Linking, links, non, The Link
«Dancing: The vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music.»
«Desire is proof of the availability...»

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