“... it is one thing to desire, another to be in capacity fit for what we desire.”

“True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words; for our Father knoweth what things we have need of before we ask Him. The true prayer is that of the heart, and the heart prays only for what it desires. To pray, then is to desire -- but to desire what God would have us desire. He who asks what he does not from the bottom of his heart desire, is mistaken in thinking that he prays.”

“The desire of intimacy is the desire to share one's innermost self with another”

“Wants are never satiated. In fulfilling one desire, we neglect another.”

“One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.”

“Or perhaps it is just that desire lies at the heart of human existence. When we turn away from one desire, we must find another to cleave to with all our strength --or else we die.”