Nothing is far and nothing is near, if one desires. The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing - desire.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Desire shrinks the world and makes everything small compared to the magnitude of what one wants.
- In plain terms
- When you want something badly, nothing else matters and the world feels tiny.
- What can you take from it?
- Desire reshapes your perception of reality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does want change what you see?
- Is desire good or bad?
Another view
It overstates desire's power to ignore physical reality.
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