self

surrender

"Believe me my child when I say that the Man who loves others, who is devout and who lives the life of self-surrender is many times more powerful- than the man who has learned all the scriptures, who has mortified himself amidst of Panchagni, who has awakened kundalini, and who has repeated millions of mantras millions of times..."

- Sri Mahavatar Babaji, Kriya Yogi.

desire

It is all your desires that you see, when you think. But when your mind is quiet, without desire, you are complete and as wonderful as you have always been.

~ Sri Poonjaji 'Papaji'

bhagwat Geeta

यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्।

ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्॥

yato yato niścarati manaścañcalamasthiram |

tatastato niyamyaitadātmanyeva vaśaṁ nayet ||

Whenever the restless and unquiet mind goes forth, it should be controlled and brought into subjection in the Self. 6.26

This is what Bhagvan Sri Ramana Maharshi says. 

This is what is said in the Bhagvad Gita.