Quotes About Fulfillment

Every man has a vocation to be someone: but he must understand clearly that in order to fulfill this vocation he can only be one person: himself.

If you bring forth what is within you it will save you. If you do not, it will destroy you.

We derive the greatest pleasure and fulfillment when all our faculties are drawn together into our life's work. In this state of absorption, we experience extraordinary satisfaction. We human beings are attracted to the experience of intense involvement. The outcome of this involvement, says Hokusai, is sublime. "By ninety I will have penetrated to their essential nature." Hokusai's lesson, finally, is that a life of passion for dharma is a fulfilled

Am I living fully right now? Am I bringing forth everything I can bring forth? Am I digging down into that ineffable inner treasure-house that I know is in there? That trove of genius? Am I living my life's calling? Am I willing to go to any lengths to offer my genius to the world?

If you bring forth what is within you it will save you. Yes. But this saving is not just for you. It is for the common good.

We can't live without eating, but we don't live to eat.

Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?...True effectiveness requires balance.

When you engage in a work that taps your talent and fuels your passion -- that rises out of a great need in the world that you feel drawn by conscience to meet -- therein lies your voice, your calling, your soul's code.

Sex without smiling is as sickly and as base as vodka and tonic without ice.

Few heroes die peacefully in their beds after long lives filled with happiness.

All gone. All anger quelled, all desire drained, all thirst slaked, all madness past.

I was happy there. Which is to say I was not unhappy there. Unhappiness and happiness I have always been able to carry about with me, irrespective of place and people, because I have never joined in.

Could do better' is a meaningless conclusion. 'Could be happier' is the only one that counts.

It is simply a question of fulfilment. You feel perfectly alive and magnificently perfected by the knowledge that you are doing what you were put on earth to do.

suggested that a life without sex and without the presence of a partner offered numerous benefits. The celibate life allowed productivity, independence and ease free from the pressures of placating and accommodating the will and desires of another: released from the degrading imperatives of erotic congress, a new and better kind of life could be lived. Sex was an overrated bore. 'Besides,' I confessed as I ended the article, 'I'm scared that I may not be very good at it.

I suggested that a life without sex and without the presence of a partner offered numerous benefits. The celibate life allowed productivity, independence and ease free from the pressures of placating and accommodating the will and desires of another: released from the degrading imperatives of erotic congress, a new and better kind of life could be lived. Sex was an overrated bore. 'Besides,' I confessed as I ended the article, 'I'm scared that I may not be very good at it.

Sometimes you just know what you're doing is the only thing to be doing. That the world is conspiring all around you to make it happen, like, not just giving you permission, but herding you the direction you need to go, giving you secret nods and obvious hand signals, and getting everything out of the way so you have the clearest path possible.

I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die, I have so much I want to do first

there are lots of things you want to do before your life is over.

When you are faced with the possibility of an early death, it makes you realise that there are lots of things you want to do before your life is over.

Cuando te enfrentas a la posibilidad de una muerte temprana, te das cuenta de que hay muchas cosas que quieres hacer antes de que tu vida termine.

real science can be far stranger than science fiction, and much more satisfying.

I have had a full and satisfying life. I believe that disabled people should concentrate on things that their handicap doesn't precent them from doing and not regret those they can't do.

When you are faced with the possibility of an early death, it makes you realize that life is worth living and that there are lots of things you want to do".