Fulfillment Quotes - Page 15

• From the prophets' dreams of the time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares to today's aspirations of a nuclear-weapons-free world, we have sought to avoid armed conflict and not yield to despair in the search for universal peace. The nuclear threats from Iran, North Korea, and terrorists can only be overcome through international cooperation. We call upon Congressional leaders and those worldwide to join together to ensure the fulfillment of these long-overdue initiatives and the achievement of a safer future without nuclear weapons.

  David Saperstein

  Dream, Religious, Yield

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• The problem for a lot of people is that they don't really know what they want. They have vague desire: to 'do something creative' or to earn more money or 'to be free', but they can't really pin down what it is precisely that they want.
  So they drift from one thing to another, enjoying some moments and hating others, but never really finding fulfillment or success. (..)
  This is why it's hard to lead a successful life (whatever that means to you) when you don't know what you want.

  John C. Parkin

  Hate, Mean, Successful

  John C. Parkin (2010). “F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way”, p.105, Hay House, Inc

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• It was apparent to me that religion was an invented thing, a wish-fulfillment thing, a fantasy thing. It was much more real, dangerous, to accept that mortality was the end for you as an individual. As an atheist, I don't believe in an afterlife, so if you're thinking of murder, if your subject is murder, then that's a physical act of absolute destruction because you're ending something, a body, that is unique. That person never existed before, will never exist again, will not be karmically recycled, will not go to heaven, therefore I take it seriously.

  David Cronenberg

  Atheist, Real, Believe

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• While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Night, Office, Survival

  Daniel H. Pink (2011). “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”, p.110, Penguin

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• The quality of the will to power is, precisely, growth. Achievement is its cancellation. To be, the will to power must increase with each fulfillment, making the fulfillment only a step to a further one. The vaster the power gained the vaster the appetite for more.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Power, Achievement, Growth

  Ursula K. Le Guin (1973). “The lathe of heaven”

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• In other words Luke's story is historically impossible and internally inconsistent. He lied to fudge the fulfillment of Micah's prophesy and to provide a villain to play off Jesus in his fictitious drama.
  Matter flows from place to place and momentarily comes together to be you. Some people find that thought disturbing. I find the reality thrilling.

  Richard Dawkins

  Jesus, Drama, Reality

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• God is God; you are but one of His creatures. Your only joy is to be found in obeying Him, your true fulfillment is to be found in worshiping Him, your only wisdom is to be found in trusting and knowing Him.

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Knowing, Joy, Worship

  Sinclair B. Ferguson (1985). “A Heart for God”, NavPress Publishing Group

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• Freedom means self-fulfillment. It also means putting up with other people's irritating pursuit of the same. It means being confronted by disturbing images and ideas.

  Wendy McElroy

  Freedom, Mean, Self

  "XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography". Chapter 4, www.wendymcelroy.com. 1995.

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• The life of "peace" is both an inner journey toward a disarmed heart and a public journey toward a disarmed world. This difficult but beautiful journey gives infinite meaning and fulfillment to life itself because our lives become a gift for the whole human race. With peace as the beginning, middle, and end of life, life makes sense.

  John Dear

  Beautiful, Peace, Heart

  John Dear (2009). “Living Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action”, p.223, Image

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• Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Happiness, Yoga, Desire

  Matthieu Ricard (2011). “The Art of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill”, p.32, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• The essence of spirituality is the duty to live to its full the glorious destiny of being human. The purpose of religion should be to empower all people in this adventure of living with dignity and fulfilment.

  Agnivesh

  God, Adventure, Destiny

  Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.

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• To be identified with your mind is to be trapped in time: the compulsion to live almost exclusively through memory and anticipation. This creates an endless preoccupation with past and future and an unwillingness to honor and acknowledge the present moment and allow it to be. The compulsion arises because the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whatever form. Both are illusions.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Memories, Past, Giving

  Eckhart Tolle (2001). “Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now”, p.31, New World Library

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• Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth. They are looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love, while they have a treasure within that not only includes all those things but is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Love, Happiness, Spiritual

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.12, New World Library

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• Our fulfillment is not in our isolated human grandeur, but in our intimacy with the larger earth community, for this is also the larger dimension of our being.

  Thomas Berry

  Community, Earth, Dimensions

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• [In] the realm of science, ... what we have achieved will be obsolete in ten, twenty or fifty years. That is the fate, indeed, that is the very meaning of scientific work. ... Every scientific "fulfillment" raises new "questions" and cries out to be surpassed rendered obsolete. Everyone who wishes to serve science has to resign himself to this.

  Max Weber

  Hard Work, Fate, Science

  Max Weber, David S. Owen, Tracy B. Strong (2004). “The Vocation Lectures”, p.11, Hackett Publishing

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• When we face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fulfillment of righteous responsibilities, we should remember that when we are involved in the work of the Lord, the obstacles before us are never as great as the power behind us. We should reach out and climb. Handholds will only be found by hands that are outstretched. Footholds are only for feet that are on the move.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Moving, Adversity, Responsibility

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• Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Joy, Soul, Promise

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1851). “Essays, lectures and orations”, p.77

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• After the demands of the ego and its greed surrendered, the struggle for fulfillment of personal desires lessens; life takes on a new zest like a breath of fresh air.

  Sivananda Radha Saraswati

  Struggle, Yoga, Air

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• Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.

  Bob Cousy

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• Man is by nature a lover. Only he has yet to discover the real thing to love. This quest awakens him to the fulfillment of his real Self.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Life, Real, Men

  Sri Chinmoy (1997). “The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.

  Alan Cohen

  Motivational, Confidence, Powerful

  Alan Cohen (2006). “Relax Into Wealth: How to Get More by Doing Less”, p.46, Penguin

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• Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life.

  Henri Nouwen

  Beautiful, Kissing, People

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• To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.

  Michel Houellebecq

  Desire, Unbearable, Principles

  Michel Houellebecq (2006). “The Possibility of an Island”, p.57, Vintage

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• When a man, however passively, becomes an obstacle to the fulfillment of a woman's desires, he becomes an odious thing in her eyes, - or will, given time enough.

  Theodore Dreiser

  Eye, Men, Desire

  Theodore Dreiser (1900). “Sister Carrie”, Doubleday Books

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• It almost seems as though this roiling world is conspiring to test our patience at every turn. In fact, it is. With this in mind, we would be wise to look on our imperfect environment as a teacher rather than an antagonist. It constantly shows us that we need to be patient on an ongoing basis, not just every now and then, if we´re going to realize true inner peace, happiness, and fulfillment.

  Surya Das

  Wise, Patience, Teacher

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