The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for there is nothing left to want. I think that what the Buddha may have been trying to tell us is that we have it all, each of us, all the time; therefore, desire is simply unnecessary.


Jitterbug Perfume (ed. Bantam, 2003) - ISBN: 9780553897920

Tom Robbins Quotes

The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for there is nothing...

The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for there is nothing...

The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for there is nothing...

The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for there is nothing...