The Desire for Something More

When we feel this deep longing, it is painful, in some sense, more painful than anything else. In fact, we often prefer the pleasure of this pain to any other satisfaction. So if you don't have it for a long time, you want it, and then you desire the desire. The greatest of us who appreciate the great things in this world the most are the most discontent. Why? If we had it all, why are we discontent? Well, we don't know. We want something that we can't define and we can't attain. And we can't even imagine attaining in this life. That's very strange.