Desire Quote by Thomas Hobbes

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquility of mind while we live here.

— Thomas Hobbes

“We are, therefore, seeking how the mind can follow a smooth and steady course, well disposed to itself, happily regarding its own condition and…

— Seneca

When the mind adjusts to simply staying here, then that mind is not called mind any more. It's just Self. It's only ever Self.

— Mooji

I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment

— Henri Bergson

Mind alone remains stable, and watches the chaos of phenomena, and knows that there is a plastic unity of existence - a changeless harmony…

— Lawren Harris

We cannot directly force or demand the peace of mind but we can prepare the mind to become still.

— Senoraroy

The mind is like a room that is always full with all sorts of stuff. There is no free space there. When it is…

— Anonymous

That neither our thoughts, nor passions, nor ideas formed by the imagination, exist without the mind, is what every body will allow.

— George Berkeley

We don't always walk from one state of mind into another. We might just oscillate back and forth for a whole lifetime within the…

— Frederick Lenz

It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.

— Vinoba Bhave

The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life.

— Aristotle

And the point is, is it possible for the mind to be totally free from suffering and yet not become indifferent, callous, irresponsible, but…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti