"Faith is an invisible and invincible magnet, and attracts to itself whatever it fervently desires and calmly and persistently expects."
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"If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly."
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"She was like a crinkled poppy; with the desire to drink dry dust."
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"How do you turn the invisible into the visible? The first step is to define your dream precisely; the only limit to what you can achieve is the extent of your ability to define with precision that which you desire."
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"As is your sort of mind, So is your sort of search: You will find what you desire."
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""Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you." Follow God and you shall have whatever you desire."
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"Behind my non-cooperation there is always the keenest desire to cooperate on the slightest pretext even with the worst of opponents. To me, a very imperfect mortal, ever in need of God's grace, no one is beyond redemption."
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"Freedom from desire leads to inner peace."
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"Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession."
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"Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills."
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"When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time"
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"They want me to give another concert but I have no desire to do so. You cannot imagine what a torture the three days before a public appearance are to me."
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"I believe I did what honor dictated and that belief sustains me, except for a slight desire to be dead which I'm sure will pass."
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"They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again."
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"Being wealthy isn't just a question of having lots of money. It's a question of what we want. Wealth isn't an absolute, it's relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can't afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have."
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"It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention of mortal eyes, which at times desire to see that which they have never seen."
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"Alas," said Aslan, shaking his head. "It will. Things always work according to their nature. She has won her heart's desire; she has unwearying strength and endless days like a goddess. But length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery and already she begins to know it. All get what they want; they do not always like it."
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"Desire and happiness cannot live together."
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"In desire, there must be some small amount of tension. And that tension comes with the unknown, the unpredictable. You can close yourself off at home and say, "Whew, at last I'm in a place where I don't have to worry," or you can keep yourself open to the mystery and elusiveness of your partner."
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"The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibilit y for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires"
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