Desire is merely the fixation of the mind on an idea. Get it out of its groove by denying it attention.
-Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Freedom is freedom from worry. Having realized that you cannot influence the results, pay no attention to your desires and fears. Let them come and go. Don’t give them the nourishment of interest and attention.
-Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Maya mari na man maraa
माया मरी ना मन मरा, मर मर गए शरीर |
आशा तृष्णा ना मरी, कह गए दास कबीर ||Maya mari na man maraa, mar mar gaye sareer
Aasha trishna naa mari, kah gaye daas KabirIllusions nor desires died, bodies died over and again
Hope and wants do not die, says Kabir, that’s the game
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In every living thing there is the desire for love.
-DH Lawrence
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Human behavior flows from three main sources : desire, emotion and knowledge.
-Plato
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One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Epictetus
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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
G.K. Chesterton
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Control thy desires, lest they control thee.
Epictetus
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