Desire Quote by Swami Prabhavananda Download Open image “The fulfillment of every desire only reveals its inadequacy.” — Swami Prabhavananda ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Desire Desire Reveals Fulfillment Fulfillment Desire Inadequacy Reveals Inadequacy
“It is the very nature of desire that it remains unfulfilled. It will arise again and again, and the more you try to fulfill it, the more it will arise; you are simply feeding the desire when you think you are fulfilling it.” — Osho Copy Share
Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Desire is insatiable not because the goods of the world are too few, too uniform, or too bland. Desire burns through the goods of… — Wendy Farley Copy Share Image
“People make themselves unhappy by desiring and praising only one thing, by becoming too one-sided in trying to find contentment. If we were just in harmony with ourselves we would enjoy the things of this world much more. But when we have an inordinate amount of desires and aspirations, we only listen to them, we are incapable of understanding the… — Adalbert Stifter Copy Share
There’s only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Desire is endless and unappeasable, is most intense where most forbidden, and is never far from despair. — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source. — Phyllis Bottome Copy Share Image
“Actively, we are motivated by the never-ending desires of the self. We are compelled to pursue whatever the self imagines will satisfy its desires. We are convinced that satisfaction of desire is the source of true happiness. Yet the very nature of desire does not permit happiness. Like trying to quench one's thirst by drinking salt water, satisfying desire only… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share
To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The way upward from inertia to illumination passes through the sphere of action. — Swami Prabhavananda Copy Share Image
The breeze of God's grace is blowing continually. You have to set your sail to catch that breeze. — Swami Prabhavananda Copy Share Image
The little space within the heart is as great as the vast universe. The heavens and the earth are there, and the sun and… — Swami Prabhavananda Copy Share Image
There is no failure in the spiritual life, as long as we do not give up the fight. — Swami Prabhavananda Copy Share Image
The mind is like a lake lashed into waves. Make the water of the lake clear and calm. — Swami Prabhavananda Copy Share Image
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… — Ted Martinez Copy Share 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… — John Burns Copy Share 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… — John Armstrong Copy Share 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 Copy Share 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 Copy Share 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… — Victor Hugo Copy Share 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… — John Steinbeck Copy Share 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… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share 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 tell - they catalyzed a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprung wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable. But most important of…” quote by John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/84c/john-steinbeck-71_art_teaching-might-even-be-the-greatest-of-t_1738.jpg)
