Affection Quote by Henry Fielding

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

— Anonymous

The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of…

— Meher Baba

Many years spent listening to the tribulations of man have persuaded me that the satisfaction of all desires is completely counterproductive to happiness. Instant…

— James E. Faust

“Actively, we are motivated by the never-ending desires of the self. We are compelled to pursue whatever the self imagines will satisfy its desires.…

— Dharma Publishing

“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

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

— Joseph Butler

“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

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high…

— Sigmund Freud

It is that of an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

— C. S. Lewis

Divine happiness, even the tiniest particle of a grain of it, never leaves one again; and when one attains to the essence of things…

— Anandamayi Ma

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . .

— Socrates

One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind.

— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada