爱欲莫甚于色。
色之为欲,其大无外。
賴有一矣。
若使二同,普天之人,无能为道者矣。
— 释迦牟尼佛
《四十二章经》: 第二十四章
Of attachments and desires, none is more extreme than lust. With lust as desire, its greatness has no other. Fortunately, there is only one of its kind. If there are two similar desires, of all humans under the heavens, there would be without those able to be practitioners of the path.
— Śākyamuni Buddha
(Sūtra Of 42 Sections: 24th Section)