"Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in."

"I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life."

"I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things."

"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world."

"I do desire we may be better strangers."

"One's desire, not ability, determines success."