Burning bridges behind you is understandable. It's the bridges before us that we burn, not realizing we may need to cross, that brings regret.
... one fire burns out another’s burning. One pain is lessened by another’s anguish. -Romeo & Juliet
Thirsty for being, the poet ceaselessly reaches out to reality, seeking with the indefatigable harpoon of the poem a reality that is always better hidden, more re(g)al. The poem’s power is as an instrument of possession but at the same time, ineffa...
It is not merely our own desire but the desire of Christ in His Spirit that drives us to grow in love. Those who seldom or never feel in their hearts the desire for the love of God and other men, and who do not thirst for the pure waters of desire wh...
Listen. Look. Desire is a house. Desire needs closed space. Desire runs out of doors or windows, or slats or pinpricks, it can’t fit under the sky, too large. Close the doors. Close the windows. As soon as you laugh from nerves or make a joke or sa...
I am dead because I lack desire, I lack desire because I think I possess. I think I possess because I do not try to give. In trying to give, you see that you have nothing;Seeing that you have nothing, you try to give of yourself; Trying to give of yo...
Do not turn the power of your mind upon others, but turn it upon yourself in such a way that it will make you stronger, more positive, more capable, and more efficient, and as you develop in this manner, success must come of itself. There is only one...
Love is a crocodile in the river of desire.
What is much desired is not believed when it comes.
Unbridled gratification produces unbridled desire.
The desire not to be anything is the desire not to be.
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
The starting place for your greatness is desire. The desire to succeed, to serve others, to keep on going no matter what; the desire to...
To desire to change one’s past means there is a desire to change oneself. To desire to change oneself, one must learn to change.
If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that ...
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
He who burns his mouth on the soup will blow on a cold fish dish.
Who burned himself with hot milk blows on ice cream.
What are we going to do, Ayden?" she whispered, glaring up at me. "I don't know," I confessed. "But how about we burn that bridge when we get there?" "I thought it was 'cross' that bridge?" I lightly poked her in the eye and she laughed. "No. We're b...
Touching him, kissing him, was like having a fever all over again. I was on fire. My body burned. The world burned. Sparks flew. Against his mouth, I moaned. There was a POP! and CRACK! The smell of burned plastic filled the cubicle. We pulled apart,...
