The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.
Francis Bacon. 1561-1626. Of Goodness.
The desires of man increase with his acquisitions; every step which he advances brings something within his view, which he did not see before, and which, as soon as he sees it, he begins to want. Where necessity ends, curiosity begins; and no sooner are we supplied with every thing that nature can demand, than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites. -
Samuel Johnson: Idler #30
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. -- C S Lewis--Mere Christianity
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