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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn that some forms of gratification must be deferred and others denied.

The gratification of desire is not happiness.

There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

I think my generation is obsessed with instant gratification. We want everything now, now, now.

I guess I don't think there's any reason to feel guilty about having joy in your life, regardless of how bad things are in the world.

Everything's borne out of human experience, of course - rejection, humiliation, poverty, whatever. People aren't born bad, no matter how harsh the circumstances. There is a person in there, and that person is not made of ice.

It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.

If you look at the whole thing, I think the most gratifying thing is my kids, without a doubt.