satisfaction

accomplishment

trivia

one-liner

customer service

desire

vacuum cleaner

anger

contentment

dissatisfaction

is to be held in suspicion whenever the mind seizes upon it with particular satisfaction.

Let every student of nature take this as his rule, that whatever the mind seizes upon with particular satisfaction is to be held in suspicion. Francis Bacon

is characterized by non-acting. It is desiring nothing, becoming nothing, wanting no change, maintaining an identity to oneself.

would be the man who wants nothing, who desires nothing: he wants to change nothing, either in himself or outside of himself... therefore he does not act. He simply is and does not become... he maintains himself in identity to himself and he ls satisfied in and by this identity. (Kojeve 1969 : 77)

is freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Satisfaction consist in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. Arthur Schopenhauer

is impossible to completely realize, likely, by virtue of the nature of the sexual instinct itself.

We must reckon with the possibility that something in the nature of the sexual instinct itself is unfavorable to the realization of complete satisfaction. Freud

is rare. It is not customary to love what one has.

It is not customary to love what one has. Anatole France

 arises out of struggle, as the conditions of life are those of defeat, so it finds no redemption in happiness and pleasure.

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat... the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. F. Scott Fitzgerald

is a concept human's have not mastered. The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not. Democritus

is quite rare. The stomach is in fact the only part of us which can be fully satisfied. The yearning of man's brain for knowledge, experience, pleasure and comfort is an appetite which cannot be appeased.

The stomach is the only part of man which can be fully satisfied. The yearning of man's brain for new knowledge and experience and for more pleasant and comfortable surroundings never can be completely met. It is an appetite which cannot be appeased. Thomas A. Edison

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