Quotes About Fulfillment

My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

There is nothing that I can do particularly well. I do what I do because it came my way. I really never had a chance of doing anything else.' And this apology too I accept as conclusive. It is quite true that most people can do nothing well. If so, it matters very little what career they choose, and there is really nothing more to say about it. It is a conclusive reply, but hardly one likely to be made by a man with any pride; and I may assume that none of us would be content with it.

Men hold two views of what happiness consists in, viz, having, and doing. To possess much, or to do some great thing, constitutes the sum of human blessedness according to popular theory.

I sometimes think that we have an idea that our song and presence in heaven will add something to God. Never! You cannot add to God. No tinge of brightness can you put upon the beauty of His character, no greater fullness of love can you give. How then can I glorify Him? God is glorified in the perfect realization on the part of His people of all the gracious purposes of His love for them.

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

Simcha, Rabbi Tatz said, is "the experience of the soul that comes when you are doing what you should be doing.

Men make their own happiness, and a man may be respected even though only a slave.

The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself.

Now everything that you do is written in red or black in Angel Gabriel's book. Not for everyone is this record kept, but only for those who have taken a position of responsibility. There is a Law of Sins, and if you do not fulfil all your obligations, you will pay.

To love work for work's sake and not for its gain.

What was it that was never finished, neither changed nor fulfilled?

Il rimpianto è il vano pascolo d'uno spirito disoccupato. Bisogna soprattutto evitare il rimpianto occupando sempre lo spirito con nuove sensazioni e nuove immaginazioni.

The more the heart is sated with joy, the more it becomes insatiable.

Ou bien, est-ce pour la combler...et ensuite la séduire, la réduire à une misère plus grande encore?

You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.

Long relationships might be richer, but relatively brief, relatively uncomplicated encounters with interesting people could be lovely as well. Every person you knew, every person you loved even, did not have to consume you for the time to have been worthwhile.

How long does a dream have to last before it's just life?

We must fill our infinite days with something.

the things we don't have are sadder than the things we have. Because the things we don't have exist in our imaginations, where they are perfect.

What does love even mean when you can find it with so many people and things?

In truth, she hadn't put much thought into whether she was happy before. She supposes that since she never thought about it, she must have been happy. People who are happy don't really need to ask themselves if they are happy or not, do they? They just are happy, she thinks.