The Five Desires

The Five Desires are the desires for :-
1) Wealth
2) Sex
3) Fame
4) Food
5) Sleep

When I obtain the Five Desires,
I vow living beings
Will pull out the arrow of desire,
And attain ultimate peace and security.
Flower Adornment Sutra Chap 11 Ver 99

The Buddha said, Those on the Way, are like dry grass, it is essential to keep away from an oncomming fire. People on the Way look upon desire as something they keep at a distance.
Sutra of the 42 Sections Ver 60

The Buddha said, People who cannot renounce wealth and sex are like small children who, not satisfied with one delicious helping, lick the honey of the blade of a knife and so cut their tongues
Sutra of the 42 Sections Ver 48

The Buddha said, There are people who follow emotion and seek for fame,
By their time their reputation is established they are already dead.
Those who are greed for worldly fame, and do not study the Way,
Wear themselves out with wasted effort.
It is just like a burning incense which, however fragrant will consume itself.
So, too greed for fame brings danger of a fire which burns one up in its aftermath."
Sutra of the 42 Sections Ver 47

Desire is born from your will,
Your will is from your thought,
With both aspect of the mind are still,
There is neither form nor activity
Sutra of the 42 Sections Ver 63