A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
欲望
Desire
To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.
在完善的法律的全部目的中，有尽可能地放弃、贬低和抑制欲望。
In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.
在一个把工作和生产力混为一谈的工业社会里，生产的必要性一直是创造欲望的敌人。
Maybe a thing that you do not like is really in your interest. It is possible that a thing that you may desire may be against your interest.
也许一件你不喜欢的事情真的对你有好处。你可能想要的东西可能与你的利益相悖。
You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.
你可能认为每个人都有发展成独立人格的自然愿望，但这似乎不是真的。
Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.
正是这种把一切事物都屈从于我们自己目的的欲望，使它们变得混乱，是我们生活中每一个错误的主要根源。
I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots.
我所认识的被贪恋妻儿、贪图安逸所毁灭的人，比我所见过的被酗酒和娼妓所毁灭的人还要多。
The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.
这种渴望肯定来自内心。只有少数人能达到这样的水平，而那些人正是拥有这种与生俱来的欲望的人。
From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
从远古时代起，艺术家们在睡梦中或梦中就能领悟到艺术的真知灼见，因此他们时时刻刻都热切地渴望着这些真知灼见。
The desire for reinvention seems to arise most often when companies hear the siren call of synergy and start to expand beyond their core businesses.
当企业听到协同效应的警笛声，开始向核心业务以外扩张时，似乎最容易产生再造的愿望。
I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics.
从我第一次尝试射箭开始，我就有成为一名射手的强烈愿望。我忘记了我的其他抱负。我只是想参加奥运会。
The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.
对拥有的欲望是永不满足的，以至于它可以生存，甚至爱本身。因此，爱，就是让所爱的人绝育。
At the heart of mankind's existence is the desire to be intimate and to be loved by another. Marriage is designed to meet that need for intimacy and love.
人类存在的核心是渴望亲密和被他人爱。婚姻就是为了满足这种对亲密和爱的需求而设计的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
love: The irresistable desire to be irresistibly desired.
爱:对无法抗拒的欲望的不可抗拒的渴望。
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
我们渴望并珍视的勇气，不是体面地死去的勇气，而是勇敢地活下去的勇气。
Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.
欲望!这是每个人职业生涯的一个秘密。不是教育。没有与生俱来的天赋。欲望。
Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
贪得无厌是一种罪恶。
Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.
什么都不要，放弃所有的欲望，快乐起来。
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
对星星的渴望是雄心勃勃的。渴望触及心灵是明智的。