Quotes About Desire

The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire.

When they are absent, we aspire to see them; when we have seen them, we have only one desire, that of enjoying their embrace; when we are in the arms of beautiful women with elongated eyes, we would no longer want to tear ourselves away from them.

The tool the Buddha holds out to free the mind from desire is understanding.

While experiencing painful feeling, he seeks delight in sensual pleasure. For what reason? Because the uninstructed worldling does not know of any escape from painful feeling other than sensual pleasure.6 When he seeks delight in sensual pleasure, the underlying tendency to lust for pleasant feeling lies behind this. He does not understand as it really is the origin and the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in the case of these feelings.

Having abandoned past influxes, not creating new ones, he does not go along with desire, nor is he a dogmatist. Released from speculative views, the wise person, free of self-reproach, is not tainted by the world. (19) 914. "He is remote from all phenomena, from whatever is seen, heard, or sensed. With his burden dropped, released,214 the muni, not given to mental construction, does not desist, does not yearn" — so said the Blessed One. (20) [179]

Thank you for this, Megan. I have not enjoyed something—or someone—as much in too long to recall." "Me neither." She smiled at him, pulsing her hips upward as if trying to capture this moment for all time. "You're one hell of a lover, Dante." "I aim to please," he joked. "Your aim is dead on, cowboy.

He who has not repeatedly heard and studied the Gita, yet desires liberation, will be laughed at by children. But those who hear it and study it are not humans. They are certainly like the gods.

And desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dreams come true, there is life and joy.

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

After desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked in wrath.

Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.

DUTY, n. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

Bu adam, soyunmak, (çok gerekli, vazgeçilmez say?labilecek üç dört parça ?ey d???nda evini, çevresini dolduran her ?eyden) s?yr?lmak ister... Kimi zaman, sevgilerinden, sevdiklerinden bile. K?sacas?, ard?nda art?k b?rakmam?? bir ölü olmak ister. Ç?rp?n?r; ama bunu ba?armak pek güç olaca?a benzer.

It's okay to want, but DO something about it.

Red is the ultimate cure for sadness.

The floor slopes slightly down toward the creek like it's thirsty and been trying to get down there ever since the first nail was driven home.

I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted — stay up all night or eat ice cream straight out of the container.

In the back of your mind, when you say you want to write music for the movies, you're saying that you want a big house, a big car and a boat. If you just wanted to write music, you could live in Kansas and do it.