Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.
Gautama BuddhaRead
The hunger of passions is the greatest disease.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Our desires can cause suffering and turmoil in our lives, making them difficult to manage.
This quote by Gautama Buddha emphasizes the negative impact that uncontrolled passions and desires can have on an individual's well-being. The 'hunger of passions' refers to the insatiable longing for pleasure, possessions, or power, which can lead to dissatisfaction and suffering. By recognizing our desires as a potential source of distress, we can strive for greater balance and inner peace in our lives.
Themes
PassionsSufferingDesiresInner PeaceWisdom
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about mindfulness, one might quote this to highlight the importance of managing desires.
More from Gautama Buddha
All quotes βA kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit.
Gautama BuddhaRead
There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.
Gautama BuddhaRead
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.
Gautama BuddhaRead
When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.
Gautama BuddhaRead
The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
Gautama BuddhaRead
Similar quotes
An egg today is better than a hen to-morrow.
Benjamin FranklinRead
For most of us, for almost all of us, truth can be attained, if at all, only in silence. It is in silence that the human spirit touches the divine.
Iris MurdochRead
A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
Barbara CorcoranRead
No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.
William Ellery ChanningRead
I began to realize that thinking itself is nothing but the process of asking and answering questions.
Tony RobbinsRead
I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.
Henry David ThoreauRead