Quotes About Fulfillment

We will turn, therefore, to the less ambitious problem: what the behaviour of men themselves reveals as the purpose and object of their lives, what they demand of life and wish to attain in it. The answer to this can hardly be in doubt: they seek happiness, they want to become happy and to remain so.

Ko postavlja pitanje o smislu zivota,s njegovim libidom nije nesto u redu.

On découvrit alors que l'homme devient névrosé parce qu'il ne peut supporter le degré de renoncement exigé par la société au nom de son idéal culturel, et l'on en conclut qu'abolir ou diminuer notablement ces exigences signifierait un retour à des possibilités de bonheur.   Il est encore une autre cause de désillusion.

DüÅŸmanl???n hiçbir doyum ihtimali yoktur, bu yüzden – yani ekonomik nedenlerden ötürü – daha fazla doyum, yani boÅŸal?m olana?? sunan sevgi yakla??m?yla yer deÄŸiÅŸtirir." Sigmund Freud, 'Ben ve O', sayfa 77

felicidad, surge de la satisfacción, casi siempre instantánea, de necesidades acumuladas que han alcanzado elevada tensión, y de acuerdo con esta índole sólo puede darse como fenómeno episódico.

Limitation in the possibility of an enjoyment raises the value of the enjoyment.

Happiness is a child's dream fulfilled in maturity.

Love and work, work and love… that's all there is

The energetic and successful man is the one who succeeds in transforming the fantasies of desire into reality.

There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children. (quoting Doris Lessing)

That there could be something in the world that a woman could want more than children has been viewed as unacceptable. Things may be marginally different now, but, even if there is something she wants more than children, that is no reason for a woman to remain childless. Any normal woman, it is understood, wants—and should want—both.

could I justify doing something with my life, my one wild and precious life, that I knew, undone, would not be missed?

At a certain point in her life, she realizes it is not so much that she wants to have a child as that she does not want not to have a child, or not to have had a child' (109).

But how puzzling human unhappiness must be to them. We who can fill our dishes any time and with as much food as we like, who can go outside whenever we wish, and run free—we who have no masters constantly needing to be pleased or obeyed— WTF?

It's in the nature of many dogs to do some kind of work, training manuals say (assigned a task, dogs showing signs of boredom or depression often perk up), but people almost never give them enough - if anything - to do.

If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.

Even if humans had not sinned, Jesus Christ would still have needed to come in the fullness of time, because only through that revelation is covenantal relationship realized in the fullest measure-as communion with the triune God.

What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?

Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized.

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.

A day in which I don't write leaves a taste of ashes.

People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.

There is only one solution if old age is not to be an absurd parody of our former life, and that is to go on pursuing ends that give our existence a meaning.

To paint, to write, to engage in politics—these are not merely 'sublimations'; here we have aims that are willed for their own sakes. To deny it is to falsify all human history.