Building Quote by Tom Robbins

“If desire causes suffering, it may be because we do not desire wisely, or that we are inexpert at obtaining what we desire. Instead…

— Tom Robbins

Suffering is caused by desire. Desire is wanting something you don't have, wishing something were some way it isn't, or being otherwise generally dissatisfied…

— Ritu Ghatourey

Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.

— J. I. Packer

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

The Buddha never intended to make desire itself the problem. When he said craving causes suffering, he was referring not to our natural inclination…

— Tara Brach

salvation is for the feeble, that's what I think. I don't want salvation, I want life, all of life, the miserable as well as…

— Tom Robbins

Suffering comes from desire, not from pain.

— Paulo Coelho

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.

— Anonymous

Above all we must not wish to cling to our suffering. Suffering surely deepens us and enhances our person, but we must not desire…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

“The cause of suffering is desire,”

— Arthur C. Clarke

Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.

— Tara Brach

Or perhaps it is just that desire lies at the heart of human existence. When we turn away from one desire, we must find…

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni