Quotes for All
Never depend on the admiration of others for self-satisfaction. It is a fact of life that other people, even people who love you, will not necessarily agree with your ideas, understand you always, or share your enthusiasms. Epictetus
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. E. O. Wilson
Nothing could be more absurd than moral lessons at such a moment! Oh, self-satisfied people: with what proud self-satisfaction such babblers are ready to utter their pronouncements! If they only knew to what degree I myself understand all the loathsomeness of my present condition, they wouldn’t have the heart to teach me. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nothing ought in reason to mortify our self-satisfaction more that the considering that we condemn at one time what we highly approve and commend at another. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where she’s hidden it. Where she’s stored the good stuff. She needs to keep gnawing at it, even after all the meat seems to be gone. When a student of mine says (okay, whines) … Read more
The biggest thing for me is the self-satisfaction of winning the race. I don’t care about who gets the most attention. I’ve achieved something that’s very special to me. Dan Wheldon
Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction, but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences. Dalai Lama
George smiles to himself, with entire self-satisfaction. Yes, I am crazy, he thinks. That is my secret; my strength. Christopher Isherwood
We could become quite satisfied with ourselves because we are sitting in meditation and are endeavoring to practice the spiritual path. Such satisfaction with ourselves is not the same as contentment. Contentment is necessary, self-satisfaction is detrimental. To be content has to include knowing we are in the right place at the right time to … Read more
Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction. Arthur Conan Doyle