Quotes About Fulfillment

Folco, diese Welt ist ein Wunder! Sie ist ein unglaubliches Wunder! Und wenn du es schaffst, dich als Teil dieses Wunders zu fühlen - nicht das Du mit den zwei Augen und den zwei Füssen, sonderd das DU, Dein innerstes Wesen - was kannst Du dann noch wollen? Hm? Was kannst Du dann noch wollen? Ein neues Auto?

Most people live sad lives because they have they have succeeded in designing and perfecting a path to sorrow thinking they are building a road to happiness. I will be happy if I befriend or even marry this rich fool, if I buy this worthless tool, if I sit on this corrupted stool, if I drown and kill myself in a debt pool, if I wear this dirty wool, if I ride on this dangerous bull.

There's so many things I want to do. I want to work with great filmmakers, great actors, great scripts. And there's no reason for me to do anything short of that, because I'm 24, I don't have a family, I don't need to make tons of money, and I'm not dying to get famous.

In fact, desire is sustained dissatisfaction. This state of sustained dissatisfaction is the normal state for subjects within a society of prohibition. Prohibition produces dissatisfied, desiring subjects, subjects who remain securely within the confines of the social order.

You're gonna turn me into one of those fat, useless, contented cats," Binx said.

Sou como uma pessoa faminta a quem deram de comer" "I am like a starveling person who was given some food" Anna Karénina

I have lived through much and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet, secluded life in the country with possibility of being useful to people.

It wasn't often that you got to see a man whose dreams were literally about to come true, but then the lights went down, and I couldn't see him anymore.

This type of work feeds my soul.

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

I don't want to wake up and be bored. That's probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I've been on for a long time and had success with? I don't plan on giving it up any time soon.

Boredom is only for people who do not know themselves or the wonders of life.

While we are pushed by drives, we are pulled by meaning, and

A more recent development in the cognitive field is "positive psychology," which has sought to reorient the discipline away from mental problems to the study of what makes people happy, optimistic, and productive.

For many years, psychology was surprisingly little interested in happiness.

Disenchantment is a malady, and even if it is caused by particular circumstances, it is wise to overcome it as soon as possible. The more things a person is interested in, the greater their chances of happiness.

All areas of a person's life, whether it is work, marriage, or raising children, require outward effort, and it is the effort itself that brings about happiness.

Barry Schwartz's distinction between maximizers and satisficers has given us the counterintuitive insight that restricting our choices in life can actually lead to greater happiness and satisfaction, and

Before turning his mind to creativity, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced Chick-sent-me-hi) wrote a celebrated book called Flow. Its insight was that it is a mistake to pursue happiness itself. Rather, we should recognize when we are genuinely happy—what we are doing when we feel powerful and "true"—and do more of those things. Flow

First, love your work

We are happiest when we are being creative because we lose our sense of self and get the feeling that we are part of something greater. We

prophetic activities of the Kingdom of God.

The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.

Time is something that fills the empty spaces of life