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Wishes Quotes

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

Now, I tell you, these... things are not to be obtained by reason of prayers or wishes. If they were to be obtained by reason of prayers or wishes, who here would lack them? It's not fitting for the disciple of the noble ones who desires long life to pray for it or to delight in doing so. Instead, the disciple of the noble ones who desires long life should follow the path of practice leading to long life. In so doing, he will attain long life.

The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.

The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him.

Although volume upon volume is written to prove slavery a very good thing, we never hear of the man who wishes to take the good of it, by being a slave himself.

I wish you all the joy that you can wish.