Quotes About Fulfillment

So experiences of pleasure and purpose are all that matter in the end. Hedonism is the school of thought that holds that pleasure is the only thing that matters in the end. By adding sentiments of purpose to pleasure, I define my position as sentimental hedonism. I am a sentimental hedonist and I think that, deep down, we all are.

We often think about small decisions more than we need to and about big decisions much less than is optimal for our happiness, such as spending days looking at what colors to paint the walls but only a couple of hours visiting the house we buy.

To be truly happy, then, you need to feel both pleasure and purpose. You can be just as happy or sad as I am but with very different combinations of pleasure and purpose. And you may require each to different degrees at different times. But you do need to feel both. I call this the pleasure-purpose principle—the PPP.

Even without the constant bombardment to reach for more wealth, 'just enough' can still sound like a weak counter-narrative to 'keep striving for more'. But even if it appears boring to accept that you (may) have enough wealth already, it can also be tremendously liberating. Once you have enough money to afford the basic things you want in life, you can stop constantly worrying.

as a rule, we are all happier when we give activities, like talking to friends, our full attention.

Mig would be happier if he found something purposeful to do (in exchange for some of his fun stuff) and Lisa would be happier if she had a little more fun (in exchange for some of her time spent feeling purposeful).

Day to day, moment to moment, you feel sentiments of pleasure, purpose, pain, and pointlessness.

pays pretty well, and does not involve getting my hands dirty or risking death. And I will remind them that, whatever else they may achieve

In general, you should not give up too much happiness for too long (clinging to the mistaken belief that you will be able to recoup the loss at some point later on in life). Don't put off until tomorrow happiness that can be experienced today.

My ability to keep weight training—my "stickability"—is simply sticking with an activity that brings happiness in the current moment, rather than in the future. It's the pleasure-purpose feedback you get while you are engaged in an activity that matters most.

I'll show that the key to happiness is finding pleasure and purpose in everyday life.

Yes, there is another important category of feelings that matter to you, and these are the feelings of purpose and pointlessness you feel. I will use these adjectives as shorthand for a range of positive and negative feelings, such as fulfillment, meaning, and worthwhileness on the one hand and boredom and futility on the other.

Purpose is a simpler construct than pleasure because it's largely nonaroused, so either it's good (purposeful) or bad (pointless).

There is pleasure (or pain) and purpose (or pointlessness) in all that you do and feel. They are separate components that make up your overall happiness from an experience.

If you don't feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated.

I'm kind of a failure. I mean, I'll be honest. I'm successful in that I'm getting to work on great stuff, but I think I'm a failure in all the personal stuff that is most important to me.

want something hard enough and work for it, and you'll get it, but when you get it it will either prove to be not wholly what you wanted, or something will happen to spoil it.

Soyez amoureuses vous serez heureuses

The constant pursuit of material possessions/money status or sexual relationships, and so on, can be problematic.

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.

I have learned to have very modest goals for society and myself; things like clean air, green grass, children with bright eyes, not being pushed around, useful work that suits one's abilities, plain tasty food, and occasional satisfying nookie.

Don't ignore your dreams; don't work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy.

Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord.