--- title: "5 Abandon Desire Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 5 Abandon Desire quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Abandon Desire sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/ibn-majah-41162_abandon_abandon-desire-for-this-world-and-god-wi_560185.jpg" --- > [Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire for others’ goods, and people will love you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-majah/abandon-desire-for-this-world-and-god-will-love-you-abandon-desire/) [Ibn Majah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-majah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/ibn-majah-41162_abandon_abandon-desire-for-this-world-and-god-wi_560185.jpg) > [If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/if-you-seek-reality-you-must-set-yourself-free-of-all-backgrounds-of/) [Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73b/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj-953_abandon_if-you-seek-reality-you-must-set-yoursel_812473.jpg) > [We abandon the most important journey of our lives when we abandon desire. We leave our hearts by the side of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/we-abandon-the-most-important-journey-of-our-lives-when-we-abandon/) [John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/john-eldredge-1487_abandon_we-abandon-the-most-important-journey-of_1495602.jpg) > [You are probably at your sanest when you come to the place where you abandon all else but your desire for God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-t-kendall/you-are-probably-at-your-sanest-when-you-come-to-the-place-where-you/) [R. T. Kendall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-t-kendall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d41/r-t-kendall-13305_abandon_you-are-probably-at-your-sanest-when-you_1701201.png) > [Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there? Should he not seek his own country? His miseries are his ally;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/should-the-king-in-exile-pretend-he-is-happy-there-should-he-not-seek/) [John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9a/john-eldredge-1487_abandon_should-the-king-in-exile-pretend-he-is-h_2769501.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandon-desire/#itemlist", "name": "Abandon Desire Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. 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