Quote by Aristotle

“Our mind becomes more spacious, more open, and happier as we move past our avoidance and denial to see what is true.”

— Joseph Goldstein

“Our wants and longings and desires are at the core of our identity, the wellspring from which our actions and behavior flow.”

— James K.A. Smith

“Desire gives pain to the heart from which springs both hope and worry. Out of suspicion I make mistakes that grow into lasting ills.…

— Laurel Corona

“Rejection of desire is liberating. Renunciation is a form of power.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Denial is the inevitable consequence of those who are presented with disastrous scenarios without being offered an avenue for success. That is why we…

— Ashavan

“Focus on the possibilities that await you, not of the emptiness that drives you to seek constant distraction.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

“Absence is the figure of privation; simultaneously, I desire and I need. Desire is squashed against need: that is the obsessive phenomenon of all…

— Roland Barthes

“Find joy in the extinction of desires.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.”

— Gordon Livingston

“...Refusing to feel desire is the only thing more painful than failing to get what you want, and that learning not to yearn, far…

— Martha Beck

“Avoidance helped settle the emotions. Considerably.”

— Chloe Neill

“What makes one person’s dreams come true when another’s don’t? Determination. Action. Desire.”

— Lisa Renee Jones