Craving & Desire

Christianity · KJV Bible (New Testament) · 1 Corinthians 10:13

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

Judaism · Tanakh - Psalms (JPS 1917) · Psalms 42:2

“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.”

Sufism · Masnavi i Ma'navi (Rumi) · Book I — STORY III. The Jewish King, his Vazir, and the Christians.

“Whatever withdraws thine eyes from God is an idol.”

Islam · Quran (Pickthall 1930) · Az-Zumar 39:53

“Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.”

Sikhism · The Sikh Religion (Macauliffe) · Vol. VI — Kabir's Acrostic

“Whoever quaffeth the nectar of God's love, Shall not again feel the pains of old age and death.”

Hinduism · The Upanishads, Part II (Müller) · Katha-Upanishad: II, 6

“When all desires that dwell in his heart cease, then the mortal becomes immortal, and obtains Brahman.”

Christianity · KJV Bible (New Testament) · Philippians 4:13

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

Judaism · Tanakh - Psalms (JPS 1917) · Psalms 1:1

“HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.”