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Desire Quotes by Gautama Buddha
- Craving and desire are the cause of all unhappiness. Everything sooner or later must change, so do not become attached to anything. Instead devote...
- One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was…
- When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even more. He is…
- The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the Truth beats all…
- When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one's sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot of rain.
- Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful. He has no…
- The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.
- Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and…
- But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off…
- Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires.
- In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.
- A man asked Lord Buddha "I want happiness." Lord Buddha said - first remove "I" that's ego. Then remove "Want" that's desire. See now you…
- ... Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will for seven days appear to you in their benign and peaceful aspect. Their light will shine upon you, ... Wonderful…
- The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises and passes away.'…
- Men are tied up to their families and possessions more helplessly than in a prison. There is an occasion for the prisoner to be released,…
- Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you…
- If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree,…
- Free from passion and desire, you have stripped the thorns from the stem.
- Live joyfully, without desire.
- If desires are not uprooted, sorrows grow again in you.
- What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to…
- Do not vainly lament, but do wonder at the rule of transiency and learn from it the emptiness of human life. Do not cherish to…
- One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter.
More Desire Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire… — Aristotle
- Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly… — Chinua Achebe
- Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first… — Saint Augustine
- Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. — Saint Augustine