Becoming Quote by Peter McWilliams

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.

— Anonymous

Could it be that to truly love a thing is not to desire it, but to desire happiness for it?

— Richard Paul Evans

“Desire by itself is not wrong. It is life itself, the urge to grow in knowledge and experience. It is the choices you make…

— Roger Walsh

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

To be thoroughly and abidingly happy is not only to get what we all instinctively desire, but to fulfill the purpose of our nature.

— George Hodges (theologian

I don't desire happiness. I think it's a myth, and I don't think it's... and it makes you complacent. I feel very satisfyingly uncomfortable.…

— Beau Willimon

Why.. is human desire so unsatisfying?

— Ai Yazawa

It is that of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

— C. S. Lewis

Desire is individual. Happiness is common.

— Julian Casablancas

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

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

— Rod Stryker

When you see your own desire to be happy, you can't avoid seeing the same desire in others.

— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche