Logic Quotes

We dream of the perfect wave, the perfect job, the perfect house, the perfect love, and when we get there, we dream of something else, and the journey goes on.

The secret of progress, the perpetual satisfying of wants followed by the springing up of new wants, is the secret of individual unrest and disappointment.

The basic human reaction to pleasure is not satisfaction, but rather craving for more. Hence, no matter what we achieve, it only increases our craving, not our satisfaction.

I didn't want much. I wanted much more. In fact, I wanted everything.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.

Enough is ever-receding.

When is enough enough? In envy's eyes, enough never is. Somebody else always has something we want.

I'll always be chasing you... Glory.

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

Joni Mitchell seems destined to remain in a state of permanent dissatisfaction - always knowing what she would like to do, always more depressed when it's done.

Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.

Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.

After you get what you want you don't want it.

Discontent arises from a knowledge of the possible, as contrasted with the actual

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.

It's like you always think that when you get to a goal, you'll be happy. But then there is always something else that interests you.

Everyone wants, wants, wants... and when they have, they feel desperate.

One always wants more when things work out.

If you desire, you are restless.

Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache.

Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?

No one is contented in this world, I believe. There is always something left to desire, and the last thing longed for always seems the most necessary to happiness.

Those who constantly want something will never feel happy.