Desire Quote by Mark Epstein

Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

— Anonymous

Desire is boundless, and boundlessness frightens us.

— Martha Roth

Yearning wants mostly to perpetuate itself.

— Mason Cooley

Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do…

— Henry Miller

It is our desire that binds us.

— Anonymous

Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.

— Tara Brach

“Desire also creates a sense of attachment in the mind. Not only are we attached to our way of thinking and of seeing the…

— Gyalwa Dokhampa

If you will cling to Nature, to the simple in Nature, to the little things that hardly anyone sees, and that can so unexpectedly…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Or perhaps it is just that desire lies at the heart of human existence. When we turn away from one desire, we must find…

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

“Humans, in short, desire something both unknown to them and inaccessible to the strategies of acquisition that desire sets in motion. We are creatures…

— Gil Bailie

Very often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle.

— Richelle Mead