Desire Quote by Charles Yu

“The cause of suffering is desire,”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“TRUTH #2: Desire is the root of suffering. It is the desire to achieve, to live, to make things tolerable and pleasant, and even…

— Stanley Bing

“Pain is suffering because we want to be free of it, and pleasure is suffering because we fear to lose it.”

— Brian Staveley

“Desire is sad.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

“suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we want to be loved.”

— Paulo Coelho

“…suffering can be a work of art. It can be made of buried and rising things, helpless and undiscovered, song of frustrated want, silence…

— Lydia Millet

“The purpose of suffering is to contain the light of your desire until you see yourself in everything.”

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.”

— Allan Lokos

“Suffering is intrinsic to human existence. There is no joy without its attendant pain.”

— Peter Ackroyd

“...pain and suffering are used to justify the one thing that brings only joy: love.”

— Paulo Coelho's

“human desires are the main cause of suffering”

— Siddhattha Gotama Buddha

“Suffering is the sorrow of joy.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita