“You are in the same manner surrounded with a small circle of persons… full of desire. They demand of you the benefits of desire… You are therefore properly the king of desire. …equal in this to the greatest kings of the earth… It is desire that constitutes their power; that is, the possession of things that men covet.”

“: You can desire something only if you wish to possess it in the end. Therefore, love is a possession!”

“All men are my children. What I desire for my own children, and I desire their welfare and happiness both in this world and the next, that I desire for all men. You do not understand to what extent I desire this, and if some of you do understand, you do not understand the full extent of my desire.”

“You cannot have a greater desire to conform Ireland to the Church of England, than I (and this with as seeming great a desire of the King) to conform Scotland to the Church of England.”

“The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.”

“You will see that the things you desire most are the very things that bring you the greatest sorrow.”

“Desire makes slaves out of kings, and patience makes kings out of slaves.”

“When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”

“You desire power only for that most selfish of all ends, and therefore you know no boundaries in the seeking and the gaining of it.”

“Your mind projects a structure and you identify yourself with it. It is in the nature of desire to prompt the mind to create a world for its fulfillment. Even a small desire can start a long line of action; what about a strong desire? Desire can produce a universe; its powers are miraculous. Just as a small matchstick can set a huge forest on fire, so does a desire light the fires of manifestation. (…)”