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The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

One common desire that every human being has is to love and be loved. At the end of our lives, it's how we measure our lives.

Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.

I'm so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.

Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.

Desire creates its own object.

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.