Quotes About Fulfillment

the seed has in it the leaf and the flower and the fruit. But the fulfillment of the purpose of that seed is that it is put in the ground, that it is watered, that a seedling springs up and is reared by the sun; it brings forth its flowers and fruits. This is the fulfillment of that seed which already contained in itself the fruit and the flower.

If the soul does not hear the call and sleeps, it is not the fault of nature, which is continually calling. Therefore, if I were to say in a few words, how to find one's purpose, I would say: by waking from sleep.

The soul's true happiness lies in experiencing the inner joy, and it will never be fully satisfied with outer, seeming pleasures. Its connection is with God, and nothing short of perfection will ever satisfy it.

evolved. This evolution only means that the soul has adopted a more finished instrument in order to experience life more fully.

And then we think that if these conditions would only change into something that we wish, it would make our life easier. But that is an inexperienced expectation. If we were placed in the very conditions that we had just desired, believing them to be the best, we would not even then say that we were quite satisfied. We would surely find something lacking in that condition also. For

Life is a continual series of experiences, one leading to the other, until the soul arrives at its destination.

Solange ein Mensch seine Bestimmung nicht gefunden hat, gleichgültig ob er Erfolg oder Misserfolg hat, ob er glücklich oder unglücklich zu sein scheint, in Wirklichkeit lebt er nicht; denn das Leben beginnt erst in dem Augenblick, in dem ein Mensch den Sinn seines Lebens erkennt. (S. 78)

The soul's happiness is in itself; nothing can make the soul fully happy but self-realization.

It is the soul which is happiness itself, not all outer things which man seeks after, and which he thinks will give him happiness. The very fact that man is continually craving for happiness shows that the real element, which may be called man's real being, is not what has formed his body and what has composed his mind, but what he is in himself.

Often, it's not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don't know how to be.

Anything to evade the life not lived, the poem not written, the love not realized.

Humans no longer eat merely to satisfy energetic requirements, any more than we have sex just to make babies.

we didn't always assume that just doing stuff that someone else is paying you for is of value

What's the biggest and most important problem I can solve with my gifts and skills? Or: How do I find my consciousness, my truest self?

Many of us learn to construct a clear and precise vision of what we want, but we're never taught how to enjoy what we actually have. There will always be more victories to strive for, more strangers to charm, more images to collect and pin to our vision boards. It's hard to want what we have; it's far easier to want everything in the world.

The question isn't whether or not your stuff sparks joy. The question is: Can you spark joy all by yourself?

A century ago, survival was the main event. Longing was an accepted part of existence. Today, the inability to achieve happiness or fit in with the herd is treated as a kind of moral failure.

And maybe when he died, he didn't think, "Is this all I get?" the way we, the narrow-minded living, might imagine, in the face of such a premature death. Maybe he thought, "I lived a rich life. I embraced what I was given, and it was incredible.

Spending more money ensures greater happiness. This is the confused thinking of the duped consumer.

So this is how we live today: by stuffing ourselves to the gills, yet somehow it only makes us more anxious, more confused, and more hungry.

Many of us learn to construct a clear and precise vision of what we want, but we're never taught how to enjoy what we actually have.

It's hard to want what we have; it's far easier to want everything in the world.

I AM AN OLD NOBODY AND I LOVE WHAT I DO

you're treating love and success as external rewards that bring happiness, when in fact love and success are side effects of happiness.