Quotes About Satisfaction

Kaip dažnai gyvenime b?sim? laim? šitaip pražudo nekantra patirti malonum? tuojau pat!

there are few that can really be happy when we are dealing with a sentiment of such a kind that any satisfaction we can give it does no more, as a rule, than dislodge some pain. And yet sometimes a respite is granted us, and we have for a little while the illusion of being healed.

The satisfaction a brainless fool gets out of being in the right and out of the certainty of success, is particularly irritating.

He made what apology he could and hurried home, glad that the satisfaction of his curiosity had preserved their love intact, and that, having feigned for so long a sort of indifference towards Odette, he had not now, by his jealousy, given her the proof that he loved her too much, which, between a pair of lovers, for ever dispenses the recipient from the obligation to love enough. He

There can be no peace of mind in love, since what one has obtained is never anything but a new starting-point for further desires

Actually, the very notion that it will come within reach—that there is no fulfillment which will be forever denied us, as long as it has ceased to be a fulfillment we desire—is one which, though true, is only partly true. By the time it comes to us, we have become indifferent to it.

There can be no peace in mind of love, since what one has obtained is never anything but a new starting-point for further desires.

Regret, like desire, seeks satisfaction and not self-analysis: in the beginning of love, our time is spent not in finding out what love is made of, but in trying to make sure we can see each other tomorrow; and at the end of love, we do not try to ascertain the nature of our sorrow, but only to voice it in what we hope is its tenderest form to her who is the cause of it.

But, as a matter of fact, we each derived a certain satisfaction from the mannerism, being still at the age in which one believes that one gives a thing real existence by giving it a name.

to seek happiness in the satisfaction of a desire of the mind was as naive as to attempt to reach the horizon by walking straight ahead. The further the desire advances, the further does real possession recede. So that if happiness, or at least the absence of suffering, can be found, it is not the satisfaction, but the gradual reduction and eventual extinction of desire that one should seek.

Y las dos sombras blancas se turbaron, sin atreverse a decir nada. Porque su beso no tenía ya aguijón, ni olor salvaje, y como el deseo de las ovejas, de las cabras, de los pájaros y de las cigarras disminuía en su corazón, el placer de tocar sus cuerpos no los agitó ya con su estremecimiento.

Leggevo, leggevo, leggevo. Ampliare le proprie conoscenze è un dramma ... "perché ogni passo in più che fai ti rende sempre più cosciente di quanto ancora ti manca da conoscere. E ti ritrovi sempre più lontano dalla soddisfazione delle tue curiosità ... E alla fine la pila di libri sul comodino continua a crescere e non basterebbero nemmeno dieci anni ..." (Pagina 71)

Wherever a man lives, he may live well.

Pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.

Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.

Cold liquid splashing across his face brought Kevin Temple back to himself. He'd been on the road all night, a dedicated run from Indiana hauling a load of fresh vegetables. Fifteen minutes out of the depot in Cleveland, and he had that stale feel, too much coffee washing down too much beef jerky. What he'd really been craving was a double cheeseburger, but while it would surprise no one to see a trucker gone flabby around

People don't want the truth, not really. They want safe lives and nice electronics and full fridges." He

But he was the one who'd called for compromise, and the nature of compromise was that no one was happy. That's how you knew a fair deal had been reached.

the nature of compromise was that no one was happy. That's how you knew a fair deal had been reached.

While I was not entirely satisfied with the circumstances of my existence, I felt like the possibility of improvement still existed. That I could make happiness happen.

There is no way to be completely happy without being oblivious to the world around you.

It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.

What concerns me now is that my life be a beautiful, powerful, in a word, a complete life of its kind.

Few pleasures are as basic and satisfying as hearing a good story-unless it's the pleasure of writing one.