Quotes About Fulfillment

She handed Mola an apple. "This one has a wish inside it," she said matter-of-factly. "Make sure you know what you want before you take a bite.

How terrible to be surrounded by the stark sharp hollowness of things that simply were enough.

First you set yourself to rights. And then your house. And then your corner of the sky. And after that . . .

I found what I had wanted most, yet it was not what I expected." He motioned for Chronicler to pick up his pen. "As is often the case when you gain your heart's desire.

On raske igatseda millegi järele, mis on kogu aeg olemas. Puudumine toidab kiindumust.

It's a good sign when a student goes chasing the wind and catches it,

It seems to me a person needs something to be happy about, and I don't have any such thing.

Man's misfortune stems from the fact that he does not want to stay in the room where he belongs.

El objetivo de sus cacerías era poseer todo cuanto el mundo le pudiera ofrecer … y la única condición que ponía era que fuesen nuevos.

Benim neye ihtiyac?m var, biliyor musunuz? Bana hep, ele geçiremeyeceÄŸim bir kad?n gerek. Ama "onu" ele geçiremediÄŸime göre, kad?na da ihtiyac?m yok demektir.

He was finally able to bask in his own existence; and he found it splendid.

Mirad he hecho una gran obra y me complace mucho, pero, como todo lo terminado, ya empieza a aburrirme. Quiero retirarme y, como culminación de ese fructífero día, permitirme un pequeño entretenimiento en las cámaras de mi corazón.

Man's misfortune stems from the fact that he does not want to stay in the room where he belongs.

I don't want to be Mr. Romantic Leading Man. I don't want to be the Dance Dude. I don't want to be the Action Guy. If I had to do any one of those all my life, it'd drive me crazy.

Don't ever be sorry for following your dream. Of all emotions, regret is the most futile.

There's many benefits from a good read, just as some must sing a lungful of psalm, or take the bottle down from the shelf.

Let me just say, if you have a hole in your heart and you are seeking for other people to fill your neediness, it doesn't work that way.

God's plans always flourish more beautifully than ours

Materialism, to some extent, requires that the consumer is not fully present or happy. In the moments of a spending frenzy you feel more alive so you spend, spend, spend in the pursuit of happiness. For a short period the acquisition of clothes, shoes, a house, a car, a new kitchen, anchors your life into some place of meaning.

Children lose contact with their parents, and vice versa, when there is no present living moment in the family. You change careers, go traveling, play extreme sports, get plastic surgery, drive fast cars, take exotic holidays, or redecorate the house, constantly seeking presence. These strategies might work for an hour, a day, or a year, but they will not solve your inner deadness.

I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

No one expected me. Everything awaited me.

Not all dreams need to be realized.

We never had any children," he said ruefully. "Our work was our children.