Pastoral Resources

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire.

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the trade of another country, right or wrong, a pretext is always sought.

Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them.

Let me remind you that nuclear disarmament is not just an ardent desire of the people, as expressed in many resolutions of the United Nations. It is a legal commitment by the five official nuclear states, entered into when they signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men.

First and foremost - our vision for a united and peaceful Georgia is based on respect for the desire - and respect for the right - to South Ossetian autonomy.

All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one.

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

I don't have any illusion that The Creeper is as popular or will ever be as popular as any of the classic movie monsters, but I think in the heart of every young horror fan is his desire to create his own creature.