Quotes: Leo Tolstoy

"The greater your desire to speak, the greater the danger that you'll say something stupid."

–– Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian writer 

via: Sketchbook N 14, 2024, p. 15.

Quotes: Luke Burgis

"After meeting our basic needs as creatures, we enter into the human universe of desire. And knowing what to want is much harder than knowing what to need." 

–– Luke Burgis, American entrepreneur and author 

Quotes: John Dewey

"The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important." 

–– John Dewey (1859-1952), American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer 

via: Sketchbook A, 2015, p. 23 

Quotes: Alexis de Tocqueville

"The desire of acquiring the comforts of the world haunts the imagination of the poor, and the dread of losing them that of the rich." 

–– Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), French historian, diplomat, political scientist, political philosopher, and aristocrat 

via: Sketchbook A, 2015, p. 20

Quotes 332: Des Walsh

"There is no disease in the world like desire." 

–– Des Walsh (b. 1954), Canadian poet and writer

Quote is from the play Rocking the Cradle, performed at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, 2009 which was written by Des Walsh and freely adapted from Federico Garcia Lorca's play Yerma (1934)

via Sketchbook 9, 2009, p. 45