“This world is not a middle point in evolution. It's one step down from the middle point in evolution. This is the world of desire and fulfillment, frustration, but at least once in a while you can go to Burger King.” WorldDesireHumanityStepsMiddleThis WorldBuddhismEvolutionKingsFulfillmentFrustrationBurgersBurger King Author:Frederick Lenz
“Most people think happiness comes from experiences in the world. The fulfillment of desire causes a type of happiness. But as soon as they experience passes, the happiness passes.” PeopleThinkingWorldHappinessDesireCausesBuddhismTypeFulfillment Author:Frederick Lenz
“The fulfillment of desire does not necessarily make you happy because there is a satiation factor. You can get some apple pie and eat it. If this is what makes you happy, why not eat ten?” IfsDoeHappinessDesireBuddhismTenFactorsFulfillmentApplesWhy NotPieMake You HappyApple PieSatiation Author:Frederick Lenz
“You don't need to be recluse and stay away from people. But you have to set aside a lot of time for stillness. That is the only place there is real fulfillment. You need to slow it down.” PeopleNeedsRealNatureBuddhismFulfillmentStillnessRecluse Author:Frederick Lenz
“Fulfillment of desire taken to extremes doesn't necessarily make us happy. It tends to make us rather cynical.” InspirationalDesireTakenBuddhismExtremesFulfillmentCynical Author:Frederick Lenz
“In this world people are at different levels of evolution. The more advanced soul has learned that fulfillment does not come from simply leading a physical life.” PeopleWorldInspirationalDoeDifferentSoulLevelsThis WorldInspirational LifeBuddhismEvolutionFulfillmentDifferent Levels Author:Frederick Lenz
“You can lie to yourself and fool yourself and rationalize that the choice you're making is what is right and what is true and what leads to liberation, when it's actually only the fulfillment of desire.” LyingDesireChoicesBuddhismFoolLiberationFulfillmentDharmaRationalize Author:Frederick Lenz
“To think that fulfilling yourself in this world will create eternal fulfillment is absurd. But we feel this way because we lack purity.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsThis WorldBuddhismEternalAbsurdFulfillmentPurityFulfilling Author:Frederick Lenz