Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

—Stanley Kunitz

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About Stanley Kunitz

Portrait of Stanley Kunitz

Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (; July 28, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000.

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The biggest thing [Frida] brought into my life was this peacefulness. I still get passionate about things, but my passion is not so scattered and it's not needy. It's a lot more powerful because it comes with this groundedness and peacefulness. That it's about the process, not about the results.

—Stanley Kunitz

More quotations tagged with “desire”

Desire creates the power.

—Rebecca West

We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.

—Raymond Holliwell

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

—Publilius Syrus

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

—Nicole Kidman

One must desire something to be alive.

History

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