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The promise of future rewards can be more enticing than the rewards themselves.
If you want to be rich, do not add to your money, but subtract from your desire.
From The Art of Living by Epictetus
The more you know Him, the more you will desire Him.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
If you wish to be rich, do not add to your money, but subtract from your desire.
From The Essential Epicurus by Epicurus
Desire is the greatest of all passions.
The desire for sweetness is what drives us to cultivate the apple.
From The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Desire is the most powerful force in the universe.
You are what your deep driving desire is.
From The Upanishads by Anonymous
Desire is the root of suffering.
From Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright
The plants that are most successful are those that have learned how to adapt themselves to our desires.
From The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
From The Essential Epicurus by Epicurus
The best way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.
What you want is on the other side of fear.
From The Third Door by Alex Banayan
You can have anything you want, but not everything you want.
From Principles by Ray Dalio
The notion of God is a reflection of our own needs and desires.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.
Our relationship with plants is a mirror of our own desires and aspirations.
From The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
We are not the masters of nature, but the servants of our desires.
From The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
In every human being, there is a desire for beauty.
From The Symposium by Plato
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
From The Essential Epicurus by Epicurus
Desire is a powerful force that can lead us astray.
Fashion is a reflection of our desires and aspirations.
The act of stealing is often motivated by a longing for something unattainable.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
It’s time to be honest about what we really want.
From Wolfpack by Abby Wambach
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want.
Understanding our desires can lead to better choices.
Surveillance capitalism thrives on our desire for convenience.
If you want to be rich, do not add to your money, but subtract from your desire.
From On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
From On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
The quest for more can lead us to overlook the value of what we already have.
The price of getting what you want is getting what you once wanted.
From The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
To be human is to be filled with desire.
I had only to wish to be happy, and I would be.
From The Stranger by Albert Camus
If you wish to be rich, do not add to your money, but subtract from your desire.
From On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
Understanding dopamine can help us make better life choices and understand our desires.
The more we perceive that something is exclusive, the more we want it.
In the grocery aisles, we often confront our desires and our doubts.
A lover is a man who is in love with beauty.
From The Symposium by Plato
Hope is a passion that is always accompanied by a desire.