Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his life does not have it and can as little enjoy it.
The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
As long as man labors for a physical existence, though an act of necessity almost, he is yet natural; it is life, though that of this world, for which he instinctively works.
We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.