Fullfillment Quotes

“More often than not, people who are obsessed with their desires and feelings are generally unhappier in life vs. people that refocus their attention on service to others or a righteous cause. Have you ever heard someone say their life sucked because they fed the homeless? Made their children laugh? Or, bought a toy for a needy child at Christmas time?”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Fulfilled desires, like pleasures (even of the intrinsic kind), are states of achievement rather than default states. For instance, one has to work at satiating oneself, while hunger comes naturally. After one has eaten or taken liquid, bowel and bladder discomfort ensues quite naturally and we have to seek relief. One has to seek out pleasurable sensations, in the absence of which blandness comes naturally. The upshot of this is that we must continually work at keeping suffering (including tedium) at bay, and we can do so only imperfectly. Dissatisfaction does and must pervade life. There are moments, perhaps even periods, of satisfaction, but they occur against a background of dissatisfied striving. Pollyannaism may cause most people to blur out this background, but it remains there.”
― David Benatar, Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

“We must seek out that which invigorates us, and engage it at all fronts. Art, music, literature, conversation, travel, nature—whatever it is that keeps the fire of our spirit bright—we must build our life around it; for, without our passions, the years ahead become a burden rather than a gift.”
― L.M. Browning, Seasons of Contemplation: A Book of Midnight Meditations

“It’s all about reprogramming our minds to focus more on what brings us joy.”
― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life

“Only an unsatisfied preference is bad. In other words, he argues that although it is good to have fulfilled whatever desires one might have, one is not better off having a fulfilled desire than having no desire at all. By way of example, consider the case in which we ‘paint the tree nearest to Sydney Opera house red and give Kate a pill that makes her wish that the tree nearest to Sydney Opera House were red’*. Professor Fehige plausibly denies that we do Kate any favour in doing this. She is no better off than had we done nothing. What matters is not that people have satisfied desires but that they do not have unsatisfied ones. It is the avoidance of frustration that is important.

* Fehige, Christoph, ‘A Pareto Principle for Possible People’, 513–14.”
― David Benatar, Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

“Never forget to make a wish, Malte. You should never give up wishing. I believe there is no such thing as fulfillment, but there are wishes, and they go on lasting, your whole lifetime, so that you couldn’t wait long enough for them to be fulfilled even if you wanted to.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

“The rest will fall into place, because true wealth and true happiness are reserved in this world for the people who are willing to risk it all in order to capture it. (p216)”
― Simu Liu, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

“Art is the fulfillment of things dreamed”
― Gerald Mills

“Happy Thanksgiving

It’s the special time of year
sent from the Lord above
God has gave this day of grace
to be with those we love.

Fulfillment shared with family
the true meaning of our lives
giving thanks when we’re together
will always feel so right.”
― Ron Baratono

“Life is ever reaching for strength, vitality, survival and the fulfillment of perpetuating its inherent message of continuance.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“To live and love is a great fulfillment.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“You need to get out of your nest in order to fly.”
― Todd Stocker

“confident: have no fans... only flames.”
― Johnnie Dent Jr.

“All you need to enjoy this world is imagination not money”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“Whether you have children, write books, sell pastries on the street or sign million-dollar business contracts, what matters is to be happy and fulfilled inside. Are you?”
― Elif Shafak, Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within

“all life's some kind of fucked up circus. we're always tricked into doing stuff... for love, or money, or family, country, religion, maybe "fun" and validation… Friends? and I decided that the less I do, the better I'm doing. Why? Because if you think hard enough, you can probably figure out that all those are some kind of bullshit. But I try not to think too much either anymore.”
― Dmitry Dyatlov

“your full potential is the only piece that is missing to make the world a better place for human kind”
― Manuel Corazzari

“A simple book about everything and nothing”
― João Chantre, Chaotic Law: Algo fascinante na escravidão do tempo