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Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.

Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.

We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now.

For many, 'desire' is a bad word, something we're supposed to 'give up for God.' That kind of thinking can be really destructive because it teaches people to deny their hearts, their true selves.

The secret to having everything you want out of life is the realization that you really don't want most of the things you think you want.

You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them.

There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate, and man's reason has never learned to separate them.

Fundamentally, we all want the same thing. We want to love. We want to be loved, and we want to matter.