Famous quotes about controlling desires:

1. Desire is the source of human suffering. It is true that desires can bring people joy and happiness; but behind joy and happiness is suffering, and the extremes of joy will lead to sorrow; after all desires are realized, disasters are inevitable. ——(Egypt) Yusuf. Xibaiyi

2. Don’t be good at cultivating one’s mind by having few desires. As a person, he also has few desires, even if there are some who don't have them, he is a few; as a person, he also has many desires, although there are some who have them, he is a few. ——Mencius

3. Three-quarters of the world’s requirements are unrealistic and are based on fantasy, idealism, hope and emotion. ——Ruskin

4. There are two tragedies in life. One is that your desires are not satisfied, the other is that your desires are satisfied. ——Bernard Shaw

5. People often hear this sentence: "It was desire that destroyed him." However, this is often wrong. It is not desire that destroys people, but incompetence, laziness, or confusion. ——Pierre Bourgoux

6. As long as a man is flattered and his pride and desires are satisfied, he is easily deceived; and artists who are full of fantasy are even more easily deceived. ——Romain Rolland

7. If a person can curb his various desires and live a life without seeking, then he can be regarded as master of his own life and control of his own destiny. ——(Egypt) Yusuf. Sibai