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For many, 'desire' is a bad word, something we're supposed to 'give up for God.' That kind of thinking can be really destructive because it teaches people to deny their hearts, their true selves.

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, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.

The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.

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

Desire creates its own object.

Desire is individual. Happiness is common.

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.