A Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We do not wish ardently for what we desire only through reason.
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What ardently we wish, we soon believe.
Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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That single thought is enough. The impulse increases to a wish, the wish to a desire, the desire to an uncontrollable longing, and the longing (to the deep regret and mortification of the speaker, and in defiance of all consequences,) is indulged.
There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.
Reason is no match for desire: when desire is purely and powerfully felt, it becomes a kind of reason of its own.
You just send your love and gratitude to everything that came through the experience and you wish it the best. If you don't wish it the best, then you're only holding on to its failure, you're only holding on to something that needs something from you, whereas if you wish it the best, it's not about you anymore.
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