“The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does. What it does is become discontent with that-which-is. A desire arises, you satisfy that desire, and another arises in its place.” MindDoeEyeMovingDesireWatchesMachinesAskingRefuseAriseDiscontent Book:The Brain-Dead Megaphone Source: The Brain-Dead Megaphone
“There was a brief moment after 9/11 when Colin Powell said we "should not rush to satisfy the desire for revenge." It was a great moment, an extraordinary moment, because what he was actually asking people to do was to stay with a sense of grief, mournfulness, and vulnerability.” PeopleShouldSaidMomentsDesireGriefAskingExtraordinaryRevengeVulnerabilityGreat MomentsWell SaidBrief MomentsExtraordinary Moments Author:Judith Butler
“Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel.” DesireGreaterAskingBurningFuelFuryBonfire Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Science is an intellectual journey, and to me, it's not the destination, it's the journeyto get there. It's a way of thinking and it's an intellectual curiosity, a desire to know how the world works, and to know what the fundamental principles of the world are, and to know our place in it. I think once we stop asking questions like "what is the age of the universe," or "how are the instructions of DNA carried out on a microscopic level," once we stop asking questions like that, we're dead.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayAgeDesireUniverseLevelsPrinciplesKnow HowJourneyIntellectualAskingFundamentalsCuriosityDestinationInstructionDnaWay Of ThinkingAsking QuestionsFundamental PrinciplesIntellectual Curiosity Author:Alan Lightman