Desire Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

“Gautama’s insight was that no matter what the mind experiences, it usually reacts with craving, and craving always involves dissatisfaction. When the mind experiences…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Gautama’s insight was that no matter what the mind experiences, it usually reacts with craving, and craving always involves dissatisfaction. When the mind experiences…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“When the mind experiences something distasteful it craves to be rid of the irritation. When the mind experiences something pleasant, it craves that the…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“When the mind experiences something pleasant, it craves that the pleasure will remain and will intensify. Therefore, the mind is always dissatisfied and restless.…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind…

— George Saunders

“There is no craving or demand of the human mind more constant and insatiable than that for exercise and employment, and this desire seems…

— David Hume

Buddhism maintains that the common reaction of the human mind to pleasure and to achievement is not satisfaction; it's craving for more.

— Yuval Noah Harari

“According to them, it is better to have a calm mind free of desires than to have a restless mind full of unfulfilled ones,…

— Om Swami

“People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be no enjoyment. The opposite is true. When you're caught up in craving, you never really…

— Lorne Ladner

The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of…

— Meher Baba

It is not the passion of a mind struggling with misfortune, or the hopelessness of its desires, but of a mind preying on itself,…

— William Hazlitt

The affirmation of one's essential being in spite of desires and anxieties creates joy.

— Paul Tillich