Quotes About Fulfillment

La ciudad se te aparece como un todo en el que ningún deseo se pierde y del que tú formas parte, y como ella goza de todo lo que tú no gozas, no te queda sino habitar ese deseo y contentarte.

Non era molto, ma a me che non cercavo altro che immagini da tenere negli occhi, forse bastava.

Alte zile decât astea ale noastre nu sunt, pân? o s? intr?m în mormânt,[...]. De mi-o fi dat s? nu le irosesc, s? nu irosesc nimic din ce sunt ?i din ce-a? putea fi!

When you're young, all evolution lies before you, every road is open to you, and at the same time you can enjoy the fact of being there on the rock, flat mollusc-pulp, damp and happy.

L'uomo contento non aveva camicia.

Complete freedom consists of being able to do what you like, provided you also do something you like less.

È libertà completa quella di poter fare ciò che si vuole a patto di fare anche qualche cosa che piaccia meno. La vera schiavitù è la condanna all'astensione: Tantalo e non Ercole.

Twelve years old was awfully early to meet up with what inevitability does to possibility.

Brenda knew it was just a fluke, that statistically speaking I was almost always at least partially full of shit, but the other two passengers were real impressed, like I was all at one with my natural habitat.

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

Govorite mi da ?u izgoriti, da ?e iza mene ostati samo pepeo, ali ?u bar znati da sam bio vatra. A iza vas ?e ostati samo balavi trag.

when you have something to do life will not allow you to move foward until you do it.

The scientistic faith in a science that will one day not only fulfill, but eliminate, personal self-conception through objectifying self-description is not science, but bad philosophy.

The history of the kings is the story of how those who had been anointed failed to live up to that anointing. It is this fact alone that can explain the rise of messianism: belief in the anointed one who will fulfil his anointing.' 14

We plan, we toil, we suffer — in the hope of what? A camel-load of idol's eyes? The title deeds of Radio City? The empire of Asia? A trip to the moon? No, no, no, no. Simply to wake just in time to smell coffee and bacon and eggs.

Effort is the cornerstone of success; it brings expectations to life.

Few men become who they want to be. Fewer still learn who that even is.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.

We are put together in such a way that although we can be pushed and pulled and drowsied by flickering images, we cannot be satisfied by them; we know too much even in oblivion. Fallow knowledge troubles our sleep. We lie under the prickling enchantment of the image carved into our hearts, which is stronger than the counterspell and can never be quite scratched out.

Pleasure comes naturally as a by-product of pursuing something else, like the good of another person, and the best way to ruin pleasure is to make it your goal.

My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.

Only a fool asks for happiness in this foolish, worn world. We are . . . content . . . together. That is enough for a while.

I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy.

Whatever the national or world scene and whatever the economy or the tide of war and peace, each of us has to live out our own lives.