“It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World
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“There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one’s life.” — Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
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“Did you ever hear of having more than you wanted? So that you couldn’t want anything else and then started looking for something else to want? It seems like we’re always searching for something to satisfy us, and never finding it.” — S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders
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“We don’t become satisfied by leading a peaceful and prosperous existence. Rather, we become satisfied when reality matches our expectations. The bad news is that as conditions improve, expectations balloon.” — Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus
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“Construction and destruction alike satisfy the will to power, but construction is more difficult as a rule, and therefore gives more satisfaction to the person who can achieve it.” — Bertrand Russell, Education and the Good Life
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“The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
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“Love gratified, is love satisfied — and love satisfied, is indifference begun.” — Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Volume 4, Letter LVI
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“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?” — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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“On that day, the day that everyone notices your work, approves and lets you know, then what will happen?” — Seth Godin, On the day everyone is pleased…
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“The circumstances of our lives actually matter less to our happiness than the sense of control we feel over our lives.” — Rory Sutherland, Perspective is everything
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