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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Epicurus
Hope
You
Remember
Once
Hoped
Only
Spoil
Now
Among
Things
Desiring
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
Carl Sandburg
Happiness
Secret
Admire
Without
The Secret Of
Desiring
Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.
Rene Descartes
World
Matters
Sense
Other
Those
Distributed
More
Habit
He
Most
Fairly
Than
Common
Common Sense
Who
Even
Each
Each One
Satisfy
Hardest
Thing
Thinks
Desiring
Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.
Emanuel Swedenborg
Love
Feeling
Own
Our
Consists
Give
Delight
Another
His
Desiring
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
Democritus
Man
Rich
Poor Man
Himself
Makes
Little
Poor
Desiring
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
F. H. Bradley
Happiness
Secret
Admire
Without
The Secret Of
Desiring
I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible.
Hannah Kearney
Possible
Go
Ever
Fast
Recall
Desiring
So many people subconsciously shy away from getting rich because they believe they'll be judged, they'll lose the people they love, they believe that desiring money is a bad thing, money is the root of all evil, etc.
Jen Sincero
Love
People
Money
Evil
Lose
Rich
Believe
Bad
Bad Thing
Judged
Because
Subconsciously
Getting
So Many People
Etc
Root
Many
Away
Thing
Shy
Desiring
Love fills and empties simultaneously. It makes us reach out to God, ready to be pruned, recklessly desiring whatever the cost. It soothes the aching heart and then makes it thirst for more.
Mother Angelica
Love
God
Heart
Whatever
Recklessly
Out
Cost
More
Simultaneously
Soothes
Reach
Makes
Ready
Aching
Then
Us
Fills
Desiring
Thirst
Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse.
Samuel Alexander
Future
Object
Delayed
Weave
About
Properties
More
Calculated
Begins
Inflame
Impulse
Fruition
Fancy
Hence
Enjoyment
Images
Desired
Desiring
Consumers desiring a better world have already achieved some successes in this regard, helping to transform several industries from the ground up.
Simon Mainwaring
World
Better
Better World
Several
Some
Consumers
Industries
Up
Achieved
Regard
Transform
Successes
Ground
Helping
Desiring