#2,512

Man pursues desire and only captures nostalgia.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 404

#2,311

The fact that nothing in this world fulfills us does not prevent us from longing for a world that is less ignoble and less ugly.
In a well-tended garden the soul observes with nobler tranquility the initial onslaught of winter.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 375

#2,284

To mature is to discover that every object desired is only the metaphor for the transcendent object of our desire.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 370

#2,238

Only the unattainable deserves to be desired, only the attainable sought.
He who seeks the unattainable goes mad, he who desires the attainable is degraded.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 363

#2,117

Once we notice who it is that obtains what we desire, we do not care as much to obtain it.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 346

#536

The thirst runs out before the water does.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 102

#455

To mature consists not in renouncing our desires, but in admitting that the world is not obliged to fulfill them.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 90

#403

The imbecility of his passions saves man from the imbecility of his dreams.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 82

#370

Yesterday we believed that it was sufficient to scorn what man achieves; today we know that we must also scorn what he desires.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 77

#185

The poison of desire is the nourishment of passion.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 50