Chapter- Human wants

As we all know our wants are unlimited but our resources to satisfy these wants are

limited. Hence if we keep our wants as unlimited and growing, we will not be able to satisfy all of them with our limited resources. This will give rise to a lot of dissatisfaction.

But on the other hand, if we limit our wants we will be able to satisfy most of them with

our limited resources and this will give us more and more satisfaction. The Indian

philosophy has always been to limit our wants so that we feel satisfied in life. This helps

us to lead a happy life as we do not have to suffer any unhappiness due to unfulfilled

wants. Even the father of our nation, Gandhiji always advocated controlling of one’s wants so

that we can have a satisfied life and we do not have to indulge into wrong deeds or

practices to satisfy unlimited wants out of our limited resources. There have been many

great thinkers who have advocated the same.