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desire to know

«Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy.»
«We understand that you can't transform people who don't have internal drive and desire to create. But we also know it doesn't work to urge people to think outside the box without giving them the tools to climb out.»
«The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach»
Author: Lyn Yutang | About: Joy, Knowledge | Keywords: contentment, desire to know
«Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.»
«The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.»
«The desire to know is natural to good men.»
«The origin of all science is the desire to know causes, and the origin of all false science and imposture is the desire to accept false causes rather than none, or, which is the same thing, in the unwillingness to acknowledge our own ignorance.»

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