Quotes About Fulfillment

Voiko se kuolla? Kaikella, mikä kuolee, on ollut jonkinlainen päämäärä, jonkinlainen työ, joka on raastanut sen rikki-

De toutes les villes du monde. de toutes les patries intimes qu'un homme cherche à mériter au cours de ses voyages, Genève me semble la plus propice au bonheur.

Preveo que el hombre se resignará cada día a empresas más atroces; pronto no habrá sino guerreros y bandoleros; les doy este consejo: ´El ejecutor de una empresa atroz debe imaginar que ya la ha cumplido, debe imponerse un porvenir que sea irrevocable como el pasado.´

Hudson says that many times in his life he undertook the study of metaphysics, but happiness always interrupted him.

Il libro è una delle possibilità di felicità che abbiamo noi uomini.

cominciò a comprendere. Comprese che un destino non è migliore d'un altro, ma che ogni uomo deve compiere quello che porta in se.

Nu exist? om care s? nu tânjeasc? dup? împlinire, altfel spus, dup? cunoaÈ™terea experienÈ›elor pe care un om e în stare s? le tr?iasc?; nu exist? om care s? nu se team? c? s-ar putea s? i se r?peasc? o parte din acest patrimoniu f?r? sfârÈ™it.

O executor de uma empresa atroz tem de imaginar que já a cumpriu, tem de se impor um futuro que seja irrevogável como o passado.

For love unsatisfied the world is a mystery, a mystery which satisfied love appears to understand.

Scruples were for imbeciles. His clear duty was to make himself happy.

each gratification points to the ultimate one, and that all happiness has some connection with eternal beatitude. Some connection, if only this: that every fulfillment this side of Heaven instantly reveals its inadequacy. It is immediately evident that such satisfactions are not enough; they are not what we have really sought; they cannot really satisfy us at all.

Man is not happy by virtue of his being. Rather, his whole existence is determined precisely by the non possession of ultimate gratification.

Me moría por terminar el bachillerato y empezar la universidad. Luego, moría por terminar la universidad y empezar a trabajar. Después, me moría por casarme y tener hijos. Más adelante, me moría por que mis hijos crecieran lo suficiente como para ir a la escuela, a fin de que yo pudiera volver a mi trabajo. Luego me moría por retirarme. Y ahora que estoy muriéndome, me doy cuenta, de pronto, ¡que me olvidé de vivir! [Autor anónimo]

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

To begin with, convinced socialists will derive satisfaction from the mere fact of living in a socialist society.4 Socialist bread may well taste sweeter to them than capitalist bread simply because it is socialist bread, and it would do so even if they found mice in it.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave.

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.

Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before.

There is perhaps nothing worse than reaching the top of the ladder and discovering that you're on the wrong wall.

The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available or permitted to the members of society. The person then takes off on a series of adventures beyond the ordinary, either to recover what has been lost or to discover some life-giving elixir. It's usually a cycle, a coming and a returning.

The way to find out about happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you are really happy — not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what is called following your bliss.

When you follow your bliss...doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else.

Following your bliss is not self-indulgent, but vital; your whole physical system knows that this is the way to be alive in this world and the way to give to the world the very best that you have to offer. There IS a track just waiting for each of us and once on it, doors will open that were not open before and would not open for anyone else.