"Ei halu halaamalla lähle. (Orivesi, Tavastia) (KRA)"

"Lustful desires are fatal illnesses, and the best cure for them is acquiring patience against them."

"There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires."

"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise."

"There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate, and man's reason has never learnt to separate the…"

"Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained."

"The heart that is attached to lustful desires is unable to benefit from sincere exhortations."

"This absoluteness of desire uninhibited by thoughts of virtue … represents the turn in philosophy away from trying to…"

"I tell you naught for your comfort, Yea, naught for your desire, Save that the sky grows darker yet And the sea rises…"

"Do not desire for everything that you hear, for this suffices as gullibility (or foolishness)."