Top 403 Craving Quotes & Sayings

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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even more. He is making the fetter even stronger. But he who takes pleasure in stilling his thoughts, practising the contemplation of what is repulsive, and remaining recollected, now he will make an end of craving, he will snap the bonds of Mara. His aim is accomplished, he is without fear, rid of craving and without stain. He has removed the arrows of changing existence. This is his last body.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

No craving void left aching in the soul.

The main characteristics of romantic love are craving: an intense craving to be with a particular person, not just sexually, but emotionally.

Unlike a lot of writers, I don't have any craving to be understood.

The basic human reaction to pleasure is not satisfaction, but rather craving for more. Hence, no matter what we achieve, it only increases our craving, not our satisfaction.

The most striking feature of contemporary culture is the unslaked craving for transcendence.

Everybody likes a few surprises; it's a perfectly natural human craving.

Christianity is haunted by the theory of a God with a craving for bloody sacrifices.

From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear?

Humans crave knowledge, and when that craving ends, we are no longer human.

The craving to become causes fears; to be, to achieve, and so to depend engenders fear.

While craving justice for ourselves, it is never wise to be unjust to others.

Desire is craving enough to sacrifice for

What kind of person would have a real craving for gummy worms?

I've been craving peanut butter-and-mayonnaise fried cheese sandwiches.

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

In exactly the same way, ... scatter your body, your feeling, your perception, your predispositions, your discriminative consciousness, break them up, knock them down, cease to play with them, apply yourself to the destruction of craving for them. Verily, ... the extinction of craving is Nirvana.

Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst.

There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches.

From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear, but he who is freed from craving has no sorrow and certainly no fear.

I don't have a craving for money. And I don't have a craving for fame.

The craving to change the world is perhaps a reflection of the craving to change ourselves.

Young people are craving something real, craving authenticity.

Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.

Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, 2,460 years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race. It is the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free. In every age its progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food.

When I got pregnant with my first child, I was vegan. And when I got pregnant, my body was craving meat so much. I started out slowly with eggs, then cheese, then I was like, 'OK, I need a steak!' I had to listen to my body - my cravings were so strong with the first one. When I got a craving for a food, I needed it five minutes ago.

I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.

The phases of fire are craving and satiety.

If you're craving oatmeal cookies, apple sauce won't do.

Fie on the eloquence that leaves us craving itself, not things!

One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.

It does no good to be right, if what you're craving is wrong.

What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior.

When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.

We are torn between the craving to know and the despair of having known.

Ballet was so structured. I'd been craving something that could guide me.

The craving for information is so huge now, and it can be marketed at such a rapid rate.

Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands.

To teach consequential photography, don't bother with Photoshop or f-stops. Create a craving for images.

All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.

The hunger of the spirit for eternity - as fierce as a starving man's for bread - is much less a craving to go on living than a craving for redemption. Oh, and a protest against absurdity.

Craving brings pain; craving brings fear. If you do not yield to craving, you will be free from pain and fear

In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food

I'm a greedy actor, craving for exciting parts to play.

Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God.

The generation that had information, but no context. Butter, but no bread. Craving, but no longing.

But countless studies have shown that a cue and a reward, on their own, aren't enough for a new habit to last. Only when your brain starts expecting the reward--craving the endorphins or sense of accomplishment--will it become automatic to lace up your jogging shoes each morning. The cue, in addition to triggering a routine, must also trigger a craving for the reward to come.

The craving for power is in itself a sign of inferior abilities and unfitness for responsibility.

... nothing satisfies the craving of most women so much as scandal.

To what do you not drive human hearts, cursed for craving gold!

Affection is an overpowering craving to be compellingly sought.

Money isn't what motivates entrepreneurs; it is acknowledgement-a craving for your ideas to be acknowledged.

I'm craving more soul, I'm craving more truth, I'm craving more socially - just people that are aware of what's going on in the world.

The principal cause of suffering is craving. Once craving is eliminated, much suffering will be eliminated. Still more suffering will be eliminated once ignorance is eliminated. Both craving and ignorance are equally powerful defilements that cause suffering.

I know what wanting and craving adventure feels like, I can really relate to that.

The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.

...if all we mean by our love is a craving to be loved, we are in a very deplorable state.