10 Best Quotes about Wishes

Human desires are the driving force of our existence. They inspire us to dream, achieve, and change the world around us. Desires can be simple or grand, ranging from small pleasures to great ambitions. They give life meaning, pushing us to overcome fears and doubts. Yet, desires can also be deceptive, as the more we have, the stronger our dissatisfaction can grow. True harmony comes when we find a balance between what we long for and what we already have.

Here are the 10 best quotes about wishes:

• Buddha: “Desire is the root of all suffering.”
• Oscar Wilde: “There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
• Lao Tzu: “Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.”
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Desire is only kept alive by being denied.”
• Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.”
• Paulo Coelho: “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
• Hermann Hesse: “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.”
• Plato: “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.”
• Dalai Lama: “When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes—I already have everything that I really need.'”
• C.S. Lewis: “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”