"There is no limit to desire but desire's needs."

-- John Gardner

#Desire Quotes #Needs Quotes #Limits Quotes

“A purpose gives meaning to life. It is like the hub in a wheel -- with every spoke fitted into it to make a strong and perfect circle. Without such a hub, spokes will not radiate evenly and your wheel will lack strength, will tend to break apart on the first good bump it hits. Given a strong hub, a strong purpose, a person can take a surprising number of shocks and bumps on the outside rim without sustaining permanent damage.”
“So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a priest. But then it all fell apart.”
“It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires, and who can doubt that the interest we have in admitting or denying the reality of the Judgement to come determines the faith of most men in accordance with their hopes and fears.”
“The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday, thatâ€™s guaranteed. And I canâ€™t begin to explain that- or the craziness inside myself and everybdy else,but guess what? Sunday is my fav day again”
“In an Italian household, there were two figures for me growing up - you had the Pope and you had Frank Sinatra, and, of course, Tony Bennett. And not necessarily in that order.”
“I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.”
“The Celts were fearless warriors because they wish to inculcate this as one of their leading tenets, that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another...”
“This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.”

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