“We fall into states of illusion - we forget all this. We get caught up in desires, frustrations, political movements, philosophies, religions, the getting of a living, the pain of a body, the pleasure of a body.” StatesPhilosophyBodyPainPoliticalDesireFallForgetPleasureMovementIgnoranceIllusionCaughtFrustrationCaught UpPolitical Movements Author:Frederick Lenz
“I don't think you see your minds. I think you see your thoughts; you see your desires; you see your relatives, friends, lovers, enemies. I don't think you see your mind. You think of the mind as the clutter.” ThinkingMindDesireEnemyIgnoranceLoversClutter Author:Frederick Lenz
“The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire.” KnowsMenWellsLyingDesireWaitingFireIgnoranceFishesFoeBaitMothsMesh Author:Bhartrhari
“Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the accumulation of Longing and Desire.” WorldDesireNextThis WorldIgnoranceRootsLongingMisfortunesAccumulation Author:Gautama Buddha
“Ignorance, vulnerability, fear, anger, and desire are expressions of the infinite potential of your buddha nature. There's nothing inherently wrong or right with making such choices. The fruit of Buddhist practice is simply the recognition that these and other mental afflictions are nothing more or less than choices available to us because our real nature is infinite in scope.” RealDesireChoicesPracticeIgnoranceExpressionBuddhismInfiniteFruitAvailableBuddhistRecognitionVulnerabilityAfflictionScopeBuddha NatureInfinite PotentialWrong Or Right Book:The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness Source: The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
“What is hid is unknown: for what is unknown there is no desire. [Lat., Quod latet ignotum est; ignoti nulla cupido.]” DesireIgnorance Author:Ovid
“A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to relinquish your ignorance.” KnowsFeelsDesireIgnoranceHigherCuriosityIgnorantPursueBurningVowSolemn Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“To invent without scruple a new principle to every new phenomenon, instead of adapting it to the old; to overload our hypothesis with a variety of this kind, are certain proofs that none of these principles is the just one, and that we only desire, by a number of falsehoods, to cover our ignorance of the truth.” KindTruthDesireCertainNumbersPrinciplesIgnoranceProofVarietyJust OnePhenomenonFalsehoodHypothesisAdaptingScruplesOverload Book:A Treatise of Human Nature Source: A Treatise of Human Nature