Freedom is obtained not by the enjoyment of what is desired but by controlling desire itself.

Two things only the people anxiously desire-bread and circuses.

You may win your heart's desire, but in the end you're cheated of it by death.

To be constantly without desire is the way to have a vision of the mystery of heaven and earth. For constantly to have desire is the means by which their limitations are seen.

The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma. If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.