If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.

If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.

I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.

I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.

It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.

It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.

More than we use is more than we want.

More than we use is more than we want.

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.

If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.

A want becomes a have with time.

A want becomes a have with time.

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we read more

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.

The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.