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title: "24 Desire Happiness Quotes by 23 authors"
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> [“To desire only happiness in a world undoubtedly tragic is to become inauthentic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/to-desire-only-happiness-in-a-world-undoubtedly-tragic-is-to-become/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

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> [What unites all beings is their desire for happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/what-unites-all-beings-is-their-desire-for-happiness/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [If you truly desire happiness, seek and learn how to serve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/if-you-truly-desire-happiness-seek-and-learn-how-to-serve/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

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> [Desire and happiness cannot live together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/desire-and-happiness-cannot-live-together/)

[Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/)

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> [I no longer desire happiness: life is nobler than that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/i-no-longer-desire-happiness-life-is-nobler-than-that/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [The gratification of desire is not happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisaku-ikeda/the-gratification-of-desire-is-not-happiness/)

[Daisaku Ikeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisaku-ikeda/)

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> [Could it be that to truly love a thing is not to desire it, but to desire happiness for it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/could-it-be-that-to-truly-love-a-thing-is-not-to-desire-it-but-to/)

[Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/)

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> [Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-butler/every-man-hath-a-general-desire-of-his-own-happiness-and-likewise-a/)

[Joseph Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-butler/)

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> [Desire is happiness: satisfaction as happiness is merely the ultimate moment of desire. To be wish and wish alone is happiness, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/desire-is-happiness-satisfaction-as-happiness-is-merely-the-ultimate/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [ “if he does not desire any happiness, if he is free of all \[attachment\], of all fear, of all anger” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/if-he-does-not-desire-any-happiness-if-he-is-free-of-all-attachment/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Every human being was wired with the desire for happiness. And we will try different things all in the pursuit of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-franklin/every-human-being-was-wired-with-the-desire-for-happiness-and-we-will/)

[Kirk Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-franklin/)

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> [Although all of us desire happiness, few of us reach that goal because of the seemingly endless cycle of expectation and disappointment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarthang-tulku/although-all-of-us-desire-happiness-few-of-us-reach-that-goal-because/)

[Tarthang Tulku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarthang-tulku/)

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> [I don't desire happiness. I think it's a myth, and I don't think it's... and it makes you complacent. I feel very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/i-don-t-desire-happiness-i-think-it-s-a-myth-and-i-don-t-think-it-s/)

[Beau Willimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beau-willimon/)

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> [People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/people-have-traditionally-turned-to-ritual-to-help-them-frame-and/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

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> [Desire happiness, aspire to gratitude, long for health, crave compassion, seek satisfaction, lust after God, however & whatever you perceive God to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/desire-happiness-aspire-to-gratitude-long-for-health-crave-compassion/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

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> [Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adi-shankara/each-thing-tends-to-move-towards-its-own-nature-i-always-desire/)

[Adi Shankara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adi-shankara/)

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> [The rationale for loving others is the recognition of the simple fact that every living being has the same right to and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/the-rationale-for-loving-others-is-the-recognition-of-the-simple-fact/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [All those who are unhappy in the world are so as a result of their desire for their own happiness. All those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shantideva/all-those-who-are-unhappy-in-the-world-are-so-as-a-result-of-their/)

[Shantideva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shantideva/)

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> [But the reason we have this built-in desire for happiness is because we're created in God's image. He wired us to want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-alcorn/but-the-reason-we-have-this-built-in-desire-for-happiness-is-because/)

[Randy Alcorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-alcorn/)

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> [“When we understand who we are, and how our realities work, we can choose more consciously to shape our lives in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raphael-zernoff/when-we-understand-who-we-are-and-how-our-realities-work-we-can/)

[Raphael Zernoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raphael-zernoff/)

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> [Experiment with this a little. During these days that you are here with me, don't nourish any desire for happiness, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/experiment-with-this-a-little-during-these-days-that-you-are-here/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

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> [“I feel both sexes desire happiness and companionship above all. Not everybody feels this way, but a great majority of people do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camie-l-vincent/i-feel-both-sexes-desire-happiness-and-companionship-above-all-not/)

[Camie L. Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camie-l-vincent/)

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> [“Not all who demand your attention desire your happiness, many merely seeking a conveyance to their own. It is entirely easy when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-althouse/not-all-who-demand-your-attention-desire-your-happiness-many-merely/)

[Tom Althouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-althouse/)

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> [“satisfying. You don’t have to psychoanalyze yourself; you can stop obsessing about your body and dwelling in disappointment and frustration. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/satisfying-you-don-t-have-to-psychoanalyze-yourself-you-can-stop/)

[Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/)

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                        "text": "I don't desire happiness. I think it's a myth, and I don't think it's... and it makes you complacent. I feel very satisfyingly uncomfortable. I have the freedom to feel uncomfortable in the way I want to, is maybe a way to put it.",
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                        "text": "People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox of being human - in the fact that so much of what we desire for our happiness and need for our survival comes at a heavy cost.",
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                        "text": "Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never a burden to me. Happiness is never a burden to me, whilst sorrow is.",
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                        "text": "But the reason we have this built-in desire for happiness is because we're created in God's image. He wired us to want to be happy. Unfortunately, we sometimes disassociate happiness from its true source, which is God Himself. Satan tempts us by offering us happiness, because he knows that's what we want. But he offers it in the wrong places, at the wrong times, and in the wrong things.",
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                        "text": "“When we understand who we are, and how our realities work, we can choose more consciously to shape our lives in an optimal way. Knowledge of oneself is the very key to a happy life. Happiness is not something outside of our own consciousness that needs to be earned, and achieved. It is a choice that needs to be supported by positive actions. It is not enough to say that we want to be happy. Our desire of happiness, love and peace, needs to be supported by our state of being.”",
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                        "text": "Experiment with this a little. During these days that you are here with me, don't nourish any desire for happiness, and then see how your heart becomes filled with happiness. Don't have any desire for peace, and see how the turmoil within you vanishes. Don't beg for contentment and see how contentment showers down on you. Please try this - only then will you understand.",
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                        "text": "“I feel both sexes desire happiness and companionship above all. Not everybody feels this way, but a great majority of people do. Some will want it at different points in their life, some will have an “ah-ha” moment and know when they are ready, while others were ready for as long as they can remember, always searching for someone with whom they can share the journey we call life.”",
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                        "text": "“Not all who demand your attention desire your happiness, many merely seeking a conveyance to their own. It is entirely easy when wrapped up with the petty to miss what is possible and what rows your ship to worthwhile dreams. But when two or more fall together to share the oars of what might be, dreams may find them in equal measure and as fast as the wake made.”",
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                        "text": "“satisfying. You don’t have to psychoanalyze yourself; you can stop obsessing about your body and dwelling in disappointment and frustration. There is only one principle that applies: Life is about fulfillment. If your life isn’t fulfilled, your stomach can never supply what’s missing. “What Am I Hungry For?” Everyone’s life story is complicated, and the best intentions go astray because people find it hard to change. Bad habits, like bad memories, stick around stubbornly when we wish they’d go away. But you have a great motivation working for you, which is your desire for happiness. I define happiness as the state of fulfillment, and everyone wants to be fulfilled. If you keep your eye on this, your most basic motivation, then the choices you make come down to a single question: “What am I hungry for?” Your true desire will lead you in the right direction. False desires”",
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