The individual's desire to dominate his environment is not a desirable trait in a society which every day grows more and more confining. Votes: 1
I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. Votes: 1
All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.' Votes: 1
Thoughts are to the Desires as Scouts and Spies, to range abroad, and find the way to the things Desired. Votes: 3 Thomas Hobbes
Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars. Votes: 6 Warren Buffett