Desire Quote by Raghav Yadav

A man asked Lord Buddha "I want happiness." Lord Buddha said - first remove "I" that's ego. Then remove "Want" that's desire. See now…

— Gautama Buddha

I man once asked a Buddha, I want happiness. The Buddha replied, First, remove 'I.' That's ego. Then remove 'want.' That's desire. And now…

— Anonymous

“A man asked Gautama Buddha, "I want happiness." Buddha said, "First remove "I," that's Ego, then remove "want," that's Desire. See now you are…

— Gautama Buddha

If you said I want happiness. First remove I, that's ego, then remove want, that's desire. See? Now you are left with happiness.

— Buddha

“What need is there to say more? The childish work for their own benefit, The Buddhas work for the benefit of others. Just look…

— Shantideva

Franz Kafka once said that happiness consists in having an ideal and not progressing towards it. If you did progress towards it, you'd be…

— Momus

it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.

— Daisaku Ikeda

Thus said Buddha, and it therefore follows that if a man is happy, it is because he dwells in happy thoughts; if miserable, because…

— Anonymous

I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to print out…

— Pico Iyer

“in our seat, every bite of food, every pleasant daydream—is designed to avoid pain or seek pleasure. But if we can drop all that,…

— Dan Harris

The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding…

— Henepola Gunaratana

“It does not matter whether one is a Buddhist like me, or a Christian like the Archbishop, or any other religion, or no religion…

— Dalai Lama XIV