"The tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it..."

“The tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness–it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of your attachment.”

- Anthony de Mello (via lazyyogi)