kāmamaya evāyaṃ puruṣa iti
You are what your deep, driving desire is
sa yathākāmo bhavati tatkratur bhavati
As your desire is, so is your will
yatkratur bhavati tat karma kurute
As your will is, so is your deed
yat karma kurute tad abhisaṃpadyate
As your deed is, so is your destiny
-Brihadaranyakopanisad 4.4.5
Just as courage is not absence of fear but rather the willingness to do what you want even though you’re afraid, morality is not the absence of desire to do wrong but rather the choice to do right despite your desire.
-Franklin Veaux, From Quora
Desire is merely the fixation of the mind on an idea. Get it out of its groove by denying it attention.
-Nisargadatta Maharaj
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
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 Kabir
Illusions nor desires died, bodies died over and again
Hope and wants do not die, says Kabir, that’s the game
In every living thing there is the desire for love.
-DH Lawrence
Human behavior flows from three main sources : desire, emotion and knowledge.
-Plato
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Epictetus
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
Control thy desires, lest they control thee.
Epictetus