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
Tag: Desire
Desire is merely the fixation of the mind…
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…
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
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 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…
In every living thing there is the desire for love.
-DH Lawrence