Desire Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Desire is individual. Happiness is common.

— Julian Casablancas

All you want is to be happy. All your desires, whatever they may be, are longing for happiness. Basically, you wish yourself well...desire by…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

— Napoleon Hill

All your desires, whatever they may be, are expressions of your longing for happiness. Basically, you wish yourself well.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Of course, not all desires lead to happiness. Desires can and do lead to pain and frustration.

— Rod Stryker

“Actively, we are motivated by the never-ending desires of the self. We are compelled to pursue whatever the self imagines will satisfy its desires.…

— Dharma Publishing

Desire is life trying to continue to be life. All living things desire... Life is wanting.

— Anonymous

“The earthly desires men cherish are shadows. There is no true happiness in fulfilling them. Why, then, do we continue to pursue joys without…

— Thomas Merton

Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self, it's no wonder…

— Joan Z. Borysenko

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

— Joseph Butler

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is…

— E. M. Forster

The desire for total happiness and for ultimate freedom lies dormant in everyone. It is in the form of a seed. It is like…

— Rajneesh