Francois Fenelon Quotes

The final goal of human effort is man's self-transforma tion.

I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.

Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

It has been my observation that the happiest of people, the vibrant doers of the world, are almost always those who are using - who are putting into play, calling upon, depending upon-the greatest number of their God-given talents and capabilities.

I don't want to change the world; I want to evolve myself.

Now, I'm not 100% there, but every day I wake up, I'm happy being me, and I just feel fulfilled.

Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.

I am nothing and should be everything.

If we do not work for individual transformation, talking about world peace is just entertainment.

The solution begins with a deeper transformation that must occur in each of us. I AM isn’t as much about what you can do, as who you can be. And from that transformation of being, action will naturally follow.

Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

Men and boys are learning all kinds of trades but how to make men of themselves. They learn to make houses; but they are not so well housed, they are not so contented in their houses, as the woodchucks in their holes.

Article Five: If you have no reason or ability to accomplish anything, then just practice the art of becoming.

You start Saul, and end up Paul,' my grandfather had often said. 'When you're a youngun, you Saul, but let life whup your head a bit and you starts to trying to be Paul - though you still Sauls around on the side.

Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.

The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

This life that I've led has been really well suited for me.

The only thing that I am ambitious about is to live a good life. Full stop.

I don't want to be someone's reason to hate their life. I want to be someone's reason to seek something more in their life.

I'm on a missionary journey to become the best version of myself.

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.

I believe happiness is a chemical imbalance - it's a silly thing to strife for. But satisfaction - if you seek satisfaction, you can succeed. Satisfaction is knowing that you're doing the best that you can do; you're living your life to the fullest.