Check on Desires

"There is no worse disease than desire." Contemporary man is afflicted by endless desires. These desires are the cause of innumerable diseases. There must be a limit to desires. Today desires grow limitlessly. Consequently, diseases also increase limitlessly. Owing to endless desires, man is affected mentally and this gives rise to many bodily ailments. Hence everyone should try as far as possible to keep a check on desires."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - 18.8.1995)