William Hazlitt Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

  William Hazlitt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.218, Delphi Classics

• [Science is] the desire to know causes.

  William Hazlitt

  Science, Desire, Causes

  1829 In The Atlas, 15 Feb.

• The wretched are in this respect fortunate, that they have the strongest yearning after happiness; and to desire is in some sense to enjoy.

  William Hazlitt

  Happiness, Joy, Desire

• The origin of all science is the desire to know causes, and the origin of all false science is the desire to accept false causes rather than none; or, which is the same thing, in the unwillingness to acknowledge our own ignorance.

  William Hazlitt

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Science

  1829 In The Atlas, 15 Feb.

• The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul, and of which it never tires.

  William Hazlitt

  Soul, Desire, Tire

  William Hazlitt (1824). “Sketches of the Principal Picture-galleries in England, with a Criticism on "Marriage A-la-mode.".”, p.5

• It is better to desire than to enjoy, to love than to be loved.

  William Hazlitt

  Heart, Desire, Break

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1492, Delphi Classics

• While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases.

  William Hazlitt

  Desire, Enjoy, Enjoyment

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1468, Delphi Classics

• It is not the passion of a mind struggling with misfortune, or the hopelessness of its desires, but of a mind preying on itself, and disgusted with, or indifferent to all other things.

  William Hazlitt

  Struggle, Passion, Mind

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.744, Delphi Classics

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