Behavior Quote by Dhir

“There is no craving or demand of the human mind more constant and insatiable than that for exercise and employment, and this desire seems…

— David Hume

We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove…

— Vernon Howard

“Consider a 2012 study, led by psychologists Wilhelm Hofmann and Roy Baumeister, that outfitted 205 adults with beepers that activated at randomly selected times…

— Cal Newport

You know that we have a great variety of ways to gratify our own desires.

— Elias Hicks

When the desire is too much to bear, we often bury it beneath frenzied thoughts and activities or escape it by dulling our immediate…

— Gerald May

While expressing your desires, you would need to exercise control in order to prevent them from doing harm to you or to others.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

— Jonathan Swift

“We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. But, once recognized, those which do not enhance our future lose…

— Audre Lorde

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

— Simone Weil

Our deep desires define us, really.

— Alice Eve

You need to find your OWN purpose. I cannot BUILD desire.

— Jillian Michaels

If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.

— Alison Bechdel