"If your desires do not accord with your spirit, sacrifice them, and you'll come to the end of your journey."

-- Attar

"Although most people don't know what it is they exactly want from life, they are absolutely sure that money in large amounts will provide it for them."

-- Ernie Zelinski

"All earthly desires are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than expectation."

-- Owen Feltham

"Once you know with absolute certainty that nothing can trouble you but your own imagination, you come to disregard your desires and fears, concepts and ideas, and live by truth alone."

-- Nisargadatta Maharaj