Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.

The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.

I spent so many years in terror of 'making it legal' because the expression rang all too true - the wedding ritual struck me as nothing but a flowery front for the fulfilment of countless, tedious contracts and obligations.

Only those who value self-knowledge over self-satisfaction can achieve wisdom, only those who value self-perfection over "self-fulfilment" can retain dignity, and only those who value self-discipline over self-indulgence can enjoy liberty.

Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfilment.

Knowledge can be taught and passed on from generation to generation. But wisdom is self-fulfilment, it can only be acquired through continuous training and practice.

One of life's greatest obstacles to fulfilment is the habit of getting so caught up in the illusion of how others are doing while taking the reality of how well you are running your own race for granted.

Money is so adept at tempting heads with things that promise happiness never experienced before, but you will always find that things that bring true joy and fulfilment to hearts have no monetary value.

My life came to a standstill. I could breathe, eat, drink and sleep, and I could not help doing these things; but there was no life, for there were no wishes the fulfilment of which I could consider reasonable. If I desired anything, I knew in advance that whether I satisfied my desire or not, nothing would come of it. Had a fairy come and offered to fulfil my desires I should not have known what to ask. If in moments of intoxication I felt something which, though not a wish, was a habit left by former wishes, in sober moments I knew this to be a delusion and that there was really nothing to wish for. I could not even wish to know the truth, for I guess of what it consisted. The truth was that life is meaningless.

Every single human being should be the fulfilment of a prophecy: for every human being should be the realisation of some ideal, either in the mind of God or in the mind of man.

The rain began again. It fell heavily easily with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature which was to fall and fall.