--- title: "3 Don Altman Quotes" description: "Don Altman has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-don-altman-76899.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Don Altman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-don-altman-76899.jpg) # Don Altman **3** quotes in **48** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Don Altman > [And yes, there definitely are many good desires. For example, without the desire for food we would not stay alive. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-altman/and-yes-there-definitely-are-many-good-desires-for-example-without/) [Don Altman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-altman/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/don-altman-76899_alive_and-yes-there-definitely-are-many-good-d_487124.jpg) > [To be alive is to totally and openly participate in the simplicity and elegance of here and now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-altman/to-be-alive-is-to-totally-and-openly-participate-in-the-simplicity/) [Don Altman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-altman/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/116/don-altman-76899_alive_to-be-alive-is-to-totally-and-openly-par_2330559.jpg) > [If everybody did just one thing. Just one thing. Not even a great thing. Not a world-changing thing, just one blessing, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-altman/if-everybody-did-just-one-thing-just-one-thing-not-even-a-great-thing/) [Don Altman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-altman/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/don-altman-76899_action_if-everybody-did-just-one-thing-just-one_3089704.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-altman/#itemlist", "name": "Don Altman Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And yes, there definitely are many good desires. For example, without the desire for food we would not stay alive. It is when our desire becomes an unquenchable craving or obsession, or causes us to do harm to ourselves or others, that it creates suffering and unhappiness. 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