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Freedom is not archived by satisfying desire, but by eliminating it. This quote says that the only way to live a truly free life is to shut out all desires and have no desire of your own. It also means that true freedom comes from having no desires at all. Nothing motivates people to do anything but their own desire.
Even if you were to have nothing, you would still have desires because you are a human being and humans strive for something. True freedom is about being content with enough, not reaching for more.
Source: Discourses And Selected Writings
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