Skip to content

Desire Quote by Shantideva

“All those who are unhappy in the world are so as a result of their desire for their own happiness. All those who are happy in the world are so as a result of their desire for the happiness of others.” quote by Shantideva — Download Open image

“All those who are unhappy in the world are so as a result of their desire for their own happiness. All those who are happy in the world are so as a result of their desire for the happiness of others.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings)

Desire Happiness Results Unhappy World

More by Shantideva

Instead of trying to cover the whole world with leather, put on some sandals.

Image

In the ages marked by scarcity and want, may I myself appear as drink and sustenance.

Image

All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others.

Image

Examine thus yourself from every side. Note harmful thoughts and every futile striving. Thus it is that heroes in the bodhisattva path Apply the…

Image

All those who slight me to my face, Or do me any other evil, Even if they blame or slander me, May they attain…

Image

Why be unhappy about something if it can be remedied? And what is the use of being unhappy about something if it cannot be…

Image

Those desiring to escape from suffering hasten right toward suffering. With the very desire for happiness, out of delusion they destroy their own happiness…

Image

It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control other things?

Image

The source of all happiness lies in thinking of others.

Image

“We hate suffering, but love it’s causes.”

Image

It is natural for the immature to harm others. Getting angry with them is like resenting a fire for burning.

Image

“May the blind see the forms, May the deaf hear sounds. May the naked find clothing, The hungry find food; May the thirsty find…

Image

Explore all 63 Shantideva quotes

More Desire quotes

I put myself in the student's place and remember the frustrations, doubts, determination, and desires I felt when I was going through the initial…

Image

Passion is what you need to be good, an unforgiving passion.

Image

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is…

Image

Ye youths and virgins, when your generous blood Has drunk the warmth of fifteen summers, now The loves invite; now to new rapture wakes…

Image

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only…

Frederick Douglass

Image

“THE ESSENCE OF YOUR DESIRE IS A FEELING”

Danielle LaPorte

Image

On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite.

Image

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Image

He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her…

Image

Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not…

Image

“The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important.”

Image

In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my life, people have scolded…

Image

Browse all 14,964 Desire quotes