Contemplation Quote by Emile Durkheim

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain, one bestows on it the name…

— Emile Durkheim

“Unattainability. The most intense joy lies not in the having, but in the desiring. The delight that never fades, the bliss that is eternal,…

— C.S. Lewis

How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression? Let us remember…

— David Hume

On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite.

— Jean Rostand

The way to infinite joy is through the elimination of desire, - no attachments, no aversions.

— Lester Levenson

Thus also every keen pleasure is an error and an illusion, for no attained wish can give lasting satisfaction.

— Anonymous

The fulfillment of every desire only reveals its inadequacy.

— Swami Prabhavananda

As you become more conscious of your body as eternity, a sense of ease, a fullness beyond description occurs.

— Frederick Lenz

I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms.

— Edgar Quinet

“The earthly desires men cherish are shadows. There is no true happiness in fulfilling them. Why, then, do we continue to pursue joys without…

— Thomas Merton

One has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.

— Meher Baba

Mere pleasure is at best but fleeting; happiness is abiding, for in the recollection thereof is renewed.

— Anonymous