Likutay Moharan - Volume 2 - Torah-teaching 107

Regarding the Matter of Loathing and Distancing the General Desire

Once he spoke regarding the matter of loathing and distancing the general desire, which is the desire for licentiousness [taavas ni’uf]. He responded and said: Behold, eating, at least, adds strength and vitality to a person through this. But this desire, on the contrary, it destroys and greatly harms vitality and greatly weakens a person’s strength. Certainly, it is not needed at all except for the perpetuation of the species alone.