Let us have a look at these quotes to better help understand desire, the mother of all tendencies.

1. If desire is a conscious process, there is no problem. But now that you have lost your awareness and it has become a compulsion, you are a slave to your desire

– Sadhguru

2. So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.     

– Vivekananda 

3. To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.

– Buddha

4. All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.     

– Eckhard Tolle

5. Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained the right way they may not be possessed. 

– Confucius

6. It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.     

– Aristotle

7. Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.

– Chanakya

8. Let your desires be ruled by reason.     

– Cicero

9. Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

– Socrates

10. Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.     

– Plato

The idea is not to get preachy. The idea is to understand true nature of desire so that one is better able to deal with them. After all the key is to lead a peaceful life and if desires only rob one of mental peace, they need to be re-looked at. 

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