Quotes About Satisfaction

There is no time like the pleasant.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.

I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.

I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.

I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

To the same question a 78-year-old Study member replied, "All the many plans for the day. I love life and all I do. I love the out of doors…. It is a joy to be alive and living with my best friend." He was referring to his wife of fifty years with whom his sex life was still "very satisfying.

Joy is primarily a religious sentiment that finds its deepest satisfaction in the Lord. Therefore one can rejoice even when he or she is sorrowing (2 Cor. 6:10) or experiencing physical sufferings (Col. 1:24). One can rejoice in the gospel in the midst of severe afflictions (1 Thess. 1:6).

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

The object of government," wrote Madison in Federalist 62, is "the happiness of the people."29 He and his fellow Founders conceived of happiness as Aristotle did, as a durable state of worthy satisfaction with life. To be worthy, satisfaction must flow from the vigorous employment of the faculties that make us human: individual reasoning and social participation. Happiness, therefore, is an activity.

I licked his lips. He tasted so good. A hoarse male noise escaped his mouth. Yes, growl for me.

Suddenly, he was ravenous. Ramona ladled the soup into two bowls and passed one to him. He drank it. Spiced just right. He took a second swallow. Even better. "Good," he said. She rolled her eyes. "Of course it's good. Everything here is good. They're serving our family recipes." "In that case, I should have said passable." "Clearly, you don't value your life.

Eating Orro's food was as close as you could get to nirvana without enlightenment.

This was what happiness felt like. He thrust inside me, the thick length of him stretching me.

It is an empirical judgement [to say] that I perceive and judge an object with pleasure. But it is an a priori judgement [to say] that I find it beautiful, i.e. I attribute this satisfaction necessarily to every one.

Cuanto más viene a ocuparse una razón cultivada del propósito relativo al disfrute de la vida y la felicidad, tanto más alejado queda el hombre de la verdadera satisfacción.

Chip frowned and looked at Lilac. She was packing books into the carton, not looking at him. He looked back at King and sought words. 'It would still be worth knowing,' he said. 'Being happy or unhappy – is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness – a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.

I ate and drank slowly as one should (cook fast, eat slowly) and without distractions such as (thank heavens) conversation or reading. Indeed eating is so pleasant one should even try to suppress thought. Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. How fortunate we are to be food-consuming animals. Every meal should be a treat and one ought to bless every day which brings with it a good digestion and the precious gift of hunger.

What an extraordinary satisfaction there is in cleaning things! (Does the satisfaction depend on ownership? I suspect so.)