What we are only now beginning to fully realize is that in seeking material pleasure too constantly, the capacity for enjoyment or fulfillment decreases and eventually becomes exhausted.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.
I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once.
We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.
As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored.
It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it - which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years.
There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.
Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree.
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.