Anger Quote by Ramakrishna

Our passions are the chief means of self-preservation; to try to destroy them is therefore as absurd as it is useless; this would be…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

— Claude Adrien Helvetius

God can rid your heart of greed, but it's your responsibility to remove yourself from situations that promote greediness.

— Linda Dillow

In one word, one should desire of God desirelessness. For desire alone is at the root of all suffering. It is the cause of…

— Sarada Devi

Why should we desire the destruction of human passions? Take passions from human beings and what is left? The great object should be not…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

— Abu Bakr

When we look into the human heart we see the lust, the greed, the hate, the pride, the anger, and the jealousies that are…

— Ravi Zacharias

If you have a great many desires, you will gradually eliminate them one by one, until you allow certain desires to dominate and the…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Think it not enough, that you can bear the denial of sinful desires; but presently destroy the desires themselves. For if you let alone…

— Richard Baxter

For many, 'desire' is a bad word, something we're supposed to 'give up for God.' That kind of thinking can be really destructive because…

— Rob Bell

There are two types of people with desire. the first one is a path which leads to greed and suffering. The second is a…

— Melchor Lim

Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.

— Saint Augustine