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Desire Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti
- To me, then, true criticism consists in trying to find out the intrinsic worth of the thing itself, and not in attributing a quality to…
- This is no magnificent deed, because I do not want followers, and I mean this. The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.…
- You haven't changed. You may say: 'I'm full of love, I'm full of truth, I'm full of knowledge, I'm full of wisdom.' I say: 'That's…
- How do you listen? Do you listen with your projections, through your projection, through your ambitions, desire, fears, anxieties, through hearing only what you want…
- I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and…
- So, to meditate is to purge the mind of its self-centered activity. And if you have come this far in meditation, you will find there…
- The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
- Using another as a means of satisfaction and security is not love. Love is never security; love is a state in which there is no…
- Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have permanency. The continuity…
- We demand to be coaxed and comforted, to be encouraged and gratified, so we choose a teacher who will give us what we crave for.…
- The very urge to get rid of desire is still desire, is it not?
- Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.
- Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you…
- The very desire to be certain,to be secure,is the beginning of bondage.It's only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty,and is…
- After all, conflict arises, does it not, through the desire to be something, to be other than what is.
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