Quotes About Fulfillment

TRUTH #2: Desire is the root of suffering. It is the desire to achieve, to live, to make things tolerable and pleasant, and even better, that creates untold pain in the lives of men and women. Want nothing, and you shall not be disappointed.

The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form.

What if we choose not to do the things we are supposed to do? The principal gain is a sense of an authentic act – and an authentic life. It may be a short one, but it is an authentic one, and that's a lot better than those short lives full of boredom. The principal loss is security. Another is respect from the community. But you gain the respect of another community, the one that is worth having the respect of.

Nothing succeeds like success.

for he had acquired, as time went on, the firm conviction that any thought, even the most audacious, that any fiction, even the most insane, can one day materialize and see its fulfillment in space and time.

Bir kez kendini bulmuÅŸ olan kiÅŸinin bu yeryüzünde yitirecek bir ÅŸeyi yoktur art?k. Ve bir kez kendi içindeki insan? anlam?? olan bütün insanlar? anlar.

It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.

Bir insan kendisini bulduktan sonra, onun bu dünyada kaybedebileceÄŸi hiçbir ÅŸey yoktur. Ve o kiÅŸi kendi içindeki insanl??? anlad?ktan sonra, bütün insanlar? anlayacakt?r.

Ä°stedigimiz ve bizi mutlu eden bir hayat? m? ya??yoruz yoksa istenilen ve çevremizdekileri mutlu eden bir hayat? m?? Ä°nsanlar?n takdirini kazanmak matah bir ÅŸey mi? Hata sand?klar?m?z gerçek birer hata m??

tokluk da açl?ktan daha az k??k?rt?c? deÄŸildir

Her ÅŸey olmas? gerektiÄŸi gibi olmuÅŸtu; çünkü baz? insanlar dünyaya aÅŸk için gelmezler, kavuÅŸman?n ac? verici mutluluklar?n? ta??yamayacak kadar zay?f olduklar? için onlarda sadece beklentinin kutsal ürpertisi vard?r.

Belli bir hedefi olmayan her hayat bir hatad?r.

A life without envy, hatred and lies was not a life worth living.

A well-chosen tie could make me almost merry; a good book, an excursion in a motor car or an hour with a woman left me fully satisfied. It particularly pleased me to ensure that this way of life, like a faultlessly correct suit of English tailoring, did not make me conspicuous in any way. I believe I was considered pleasant company, I was popular and welcome in society, and most who knew me called me a happy man.

He felt a kind of bridal expectation, sweet and sensuous yet vaguely mingled with anticipatory fear of its own fulfilment, with the mysterious shiver felt when something endlessly desired suddenly comes physically close to the astonished heart.

Bilm?k deyil, sad?c? x?yal et?k insan? xo?b?xt ed?r

Wer einmal sich selbst gefunden, kann nichts auf dieser Welt mehr verlieren. Und wer einmal den Menschen in sich begriffen, der begreift alle Menschen.

Une fois que quelqu'un s'est trouvé lui-même, il ne peut plus rien perdre dans ce monde. Et dès que quelqu'un a compris l'être humain qu'il y a en lui il comprend tous les humains.

Once a man has found himself, there is nothing in this world that he can lose.

it's always good to know that one has saved at least one person, kept faith with one person, made a good job of one thing.

Daha iyi bir insan olduÄŸumu iddia edecek cesaretim yok elbette, ama daha mutlu bir insan olduÄŸumu biliyorum, çünkü o buz gibi donuk hayat?m için yeni bir anlam buldum, yaÅŸam?n kendisinden baÅŸka bir sözcükle aç?klayamayaca??m bir anlam.

o da tüm kad?nlar gibi baÅŸkalar?n?n ruh hallerinden güç al?yordu,beÄŸenildiÄŸi zaman güzel oluyordu,zeki insanlar?n olduÄŸu çevrede espriliydi,takdir edidiÄŸinde büyüklenirdi,sevilirse eÄŸer a??k olurdu,ondan ne kadar ÅŸey istenirse istensin,o hep daha fazlas?n? verirdi.

With secret envy Christine thought: If only I could go back to taking pleasure in such little things, instead of yearning for the impossible.

frase de Escipión, que de sí mismo dijo que nunca estuvo más activo que cuando no tuvo nada que hacer y nunca menos solo que cuando estaba solo consigo mismo.