Desire Quote by Fernando Pessoa

“Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow…

— James Kingsland

“Contemplating this suffering which is unbearable to us, and is unbearable to others, too, can produce awake mind, which arises from the compassion that…

— Dalai Lama

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

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“Our misery. This suppression of our rational mind is the source of inspiration. Suffering takes us out of our rational self-control and lets the…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“But theoretical, imagined suffering is not what distresses a man and destroys his peace of mind. Only what you have seen with pitying eyes…

— Stefan Zweig

“The mind, at times, takes masochistic delight in suffering.”

— Saurbh Katyal

“The cause of suffering is desire,”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“that suffering is the result of craving expressed through the Three Poisons: greed, hatred, and delusion.”

— Rick Hanson

“even though we do not want to suffer we create our own suffering by performing non-virtuous actions.”

— Kelsang Gyatso

“I experienced by observing my own body and my own soul that I sorely needed sin, sorely needed concupiscence, needed greed, vanity, and the…

— Hermann Hesse

“Often, as you step out of your demons, you step out of society and find yourself beyond good and evil. If you follow the…

— Lawrence Lanoff

“To be possessed of no more than momentary existence, and to have even that momentary existence filled up with more evil than good; to…

— Augustus Toplady