How do you feel about this quote of Charles Dickens, subduing appetite isn't an easy task, right?

LOL Lyrical;))

I'm so glad...Randy;))

Sidharta was born at Lumbini, it was then in India....I've read all about him, Sharonna;))

Of course you have.  I am speaking of this book by Hermann Hesse.  I'm not talking about the actual Buddha. 

“Siddhartha has one single goal-to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow-to let the Self die. No longer to be Self, to experience the peace of an emptied heart, to experience pure thought-that was his goal.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

oh....I'll try to get hold of Herman Hesse's book....Sharonna, thanks for the link!