Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Martha N. Beck Quotes: ...Refusing to feel desire is the only thing more painful than failing to get what you want, and that learning not to yearn, far from preventing disappointment, ultimately guarantees it.
         

...Refusing to feel desire is the only thing more painful than failing to get what you want, and that learning not to yearn, far from preventing disappointment, ultimately guarantees it.


Martha N. Beck
Check all other quotes by Martha N. Beck

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





...Refusing to feel desire is the only thing more painful than failing to get what you want, and that learning not to yearn, far from preventing disappointment, ultimately guarantees it.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Martha N. Beck Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Refusing-to-feel-desire-is-the-only-145761>.




Check out


Other quotes of Martha N. Beck


The way that other people judge me is none of my business.

The way that other people judge me is none of my business.



You are consciousness dressed in form, my love. Consciousness is divine. Matter is divine. Creation is divine. Everything is divine. Are you somehow the only exception?

You are consciousness dressed in form, my love. Consciousness is divine. Matter is divine. Creation is divine. Everything is divine. Are you somehow the only exception?




You'll never be hurt as much by being open as you have been remaining closed.

You'll never be hurt as much by being open as you have been remaining closed.



It reminds me that we are born innocent but ignorant, and that to remedy the second of these conditions we inevitably surrender the first.

It reminds me that we are born innocent but ignorant, and that to remedy the second of these conditions we inevitably surrender the first.



It is a frightening thing to love someone you know the world rejects.

It is a frightening thing to love someone you know the world rejects.





Other quotes you may like


The market doesn´t care about titles.

The market doesn´t care about titles.



No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play.

No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play.



Being rich is an untalented artist’s consolation prize.

Being rich is an untalented artist’s consolation prize.



It's a peculiar kind of dissatisfaction, a bittersweet nostalgia for a moment not yet past.

It's a peculiar kind of dissatisfaction, a bittersweet nostalgia for a moment not yet past.



You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.



I'm not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn't have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.

I'm not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn't have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.



As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is basically transparent to our radio waves.

As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is basically transparent to our radio waves.



Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States.

Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States.



Within the category of Kitsch we can thus distinguish between more and less successful paintings. Kitsch, too has its masterpieces.

Within the category of Kitsch we can thus distinguish between more and less successful paintings. Kitsch, too has its masterpieces.



Sometimes I just need to switch off.

Sometimes I just need to switch off.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "...Refusing to feel desire is the only thing more painful than failing to get what you want, and that learning not to yearn, far from preventing disappointment, ultimately guarantees it.". Author of this quote is Martha N. Beck. .