Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

DESIRE

Desire is individual. Happiness is common. ……Julian Casablancas

He who desires is always poor. ……Clauianus

To Desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve. ……James Allen

There are two tragedies in life.
One is not to get your heart's Desire;
The other is to get it. ……George Bernard Shaw

My desire is to walk with God every day …….Janine Turner

Those who restrain desire,
do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. ……William Blake

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick. ……Mason Cooley

We Desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have. ……Publilius Syrus

The consuming Desire of most human beings is deliberately
to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. ……Quentin Crisp
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