Causes Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

If you have desires, try to look - are those desires the cause of your misery? Nobody wants misery, but nobody is willing to…

— Anonymous

At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire.

— Scott Hahn

“So in our own poor hides and from our miserable comrades we learn the nature of satiety. Satiety depends not at all on how…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Another misconception is that desires are insatiable. Admittedly, for the small segment of society that is clinically deranged, this statement may not hold true.…

— Marvin H. McIntyre

Happiness is so nonsynonymous with joy or pleasure that it is not infrequently sought and felt in grief and deprivation.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Many years spent listening to the tribulations of man have persuaded me that the satisfaction of all desires is completely counterproductive to happiness. Instant…

— James E. Faust

People sometimes strive after and think they will find deep satisfaction for their psyches in wealth, sex or drugs, but then find that ultimately…

— Desmond Tutu

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

— Anonymous

“Fulfilled desires, like pleasures (even of the intrinsic kind), are states of achievement rather than default states. For instance, one has to work at…

— David Benatar

“Life isn't about having, it's about being. You could surround yourself with all that money can buy, and you'd still be as miserable as…

— Nick Vujicic

“If we suffer from dependent happiness, we are caught up in a vicious circle of expectation and deception. Constantly seeking more and never feeling…

— Erik Pevernagie

Seeking happiness in material things is a sure way of being unhappy.

— Pope Francis