Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.
God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.
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.
All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord's decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking after the grace of Baptism.
It is my desire to be a great writer. I know that I still have a mountain to climb to achieve that.
Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great.
A presidential candidate's great desire is to be seen as pragmatic, and they hope their maneuvering and shifting will be seen in pursuit of some higher purpose. It doesn't mean they are utterly insincere.
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.
I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.
As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and carry their faith into every part of their lives.
Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.
The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.
The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so.
It's certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.
The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
