Quotes About Satisfaction

The old Rolling Stones lyric "I can't get no satisfaction" is, according to Buddhism, the human condition.

It is no coincidence that demons and drug dealers often use the same opening line ("Just try a little; it will feel good"), or that religious people often see demons in drugs. For habituation to any goal—sex or power, say—is literally an addictive process, a growing dependence on the biological chemicals that make these things gratifying.

Todos los organismos, incluidos los seres humanos, han sido diseñados por la selección natural para reaccionar a su entorno en modos que conduzcan a una «mejora» (según los criterios de la propia selección natural) de las cosas, lo cual significa que, en mayor o menor medida, casi siempre estamos escudriñando el horizonte en busca de cosas que nos hagan infelices, que nos incomoden o que no nos satisfagan

liberation from the craving to capture pleasant feelings and escape unpleasant feelings, liberation from the persistent desire for things to be different than they are.

Buying something ultimately comes down to feeling good about the purchase.

liberation from the persistent desire for things to be different than they are.

Still, suppose—just as a thought experiment—that your goal wasn't living as long as possible but rather attaining the

For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths…

It was the tyrannical, slightly stupid thing you say after you've made love.

Used in a personal sense, the phrase 'achieve an end' seemed to her a small-minded snare. She preferred the word life , and, on rare occasions, happiness .

She had none of the attributes of the ambitious. When she suffered, her pain was clearly visible, and when she was happy, the happiness she felt was contagious. She was incapable of setting herself a goal and striving steadily toward it. At least, no goal was appealing or desirable enough for her to pursue it unreservedly. Used in a personal sense, the phrase "achieve an end" seemed to her a small-minded snare.

Today, I'm very happy about myself, because I realized my dreams. I learned how to understand what people want.

Sex is one of the most important aspects of a healthy relationship, and finding your sexy self adds to the feeling that you're with the right person.

I love food, I love eating.

Justice. There's a thing we shall ever thirst after, and ever be parched. No. We content ourselves with law.

there was no point in sighing after what I could not have. It only distracted me from what I did have.

We were speaking of people living their dreams, and I said that few do, and even fewer enjoy the experience. For too many, when they get their dream, they discover it is not what they wanted. Or the dream is bigger than their abilities, and all ends in bitterness.

I passed that day in pleasure, which is to say, in the sort of work I wanted to do rather than the work that I thought I ought to be doing.

To sate your need without love is theft

That no man can truly imagine being happy and that's why happiness isn't for sale here.

For too many, when they get their dream, they discover it is not what they wanted. Or the dream is bigger than their abilities, and all ends in bitterness.

Love can exist without need

I like to leave things tidy. One must leave so many things incomplete in life that I take pleasure in finishing those I can.

But there was no point in sighing after what I could not have. It only distracted me from what I did have, and that was more than I'd ever had in my life.