Quotes About Pleasure

Voltaire'in, Mutluluk yaln?zca bir düÅŸtür, ac? ise gerçektir sözü gerçekten de olduÄŸu gibi doÄŸru deÄŸil, bir o kadar yanl?? olmal?yd?. Buna göre yaÅŸam?ndan mutluluk öÄŸretisi aç?s?ndan bir sonuç ç?karmak isteyen kimse, hesab?n?, tatt??? zevklere göre deÄŸil atlatt??? belalara göre yapmal?d?r.

It will be remembered from the third book that aesthetic pleasure in the beautiful consists, to a large extent, in the fact that, when we enter the state of pure contemplation, we are raised for that moment above all willing, above all desires and cares; we are, so to speak, rid of ourselves.

Directly after copulation the devil's laughter is heard

The happiest lot is not to have experienced the keenest delights or the greatest pleasures, but to have brought life to a close without any very great pain, bodily or mental.

What might otherwise be called the finer part of life, its purest joy, just because it lifts us out of real existence and transforms us into disinterested spectators of it, is pure knowledge which remains foreign to all willing, pleasure in the beautiful, genuine delight in art.

Akl? ba??nda ki?i ho? olan?n de?il, ac? vermeyenin pe?indedir. -Aristoteles, Nikomakhos

Sólo la especie tiene una vida sin fin, y ella sola es capaz de satisfacciones y de dolores infinitos.

Biology designed the dance. Terror timed it. Dictated the rhythm with which their bodies answered each other. As though they already knew that for each tremor of pleasure they would pay with an equal measure of pain. As though they knew that how far they went would be measured against how far they would be taken.

I am weary of worldly gatherings, O Lord What pleasure in them, when the light in my heart is gone? From the clamor of crowds I flee, my heart seeks The kind of silence that would mesmerize speech itself

Measurements of people's minute-by-minute levels of pleasure and pain miss this fundamental aspect of human existence. A seemingly happy life may be empty. A seemingly difficult life may be devoted to a great cause. We have purposes larger than ourselves. Unlike your experiencing self—which is absorbed in the moment—your remembering self is attempting to recognize not only the peaks of joy and valleys of misery but also how the story works out as a whole.

Well, if I'm able to eat chocolate ice cream and watch football on TV, then I'm willing to stay alive.

When our time is limited and we are uncertain about how best to serve our priorities, we are forced to deal with the fact that both the experiencing self and the remembering self matter. We do not want to endure long pain and short pleasure. Yet certain pleasures can make enduring suffering worthwhile. The peaks are important, and so is the ending.

We do not want to endure long pain and short pleasure. Yet certain pleasures can make enduring suffering worthwhile. The peaks are important, and so is the ending.

For the erotic is not a question only of what we do; it is a question of how acutely and fully we can feel in the doing. Once we know the extent to which we are capable of feeling that sense of satisfaction and completion, we can then observe which of our various life endeavors bring s closest to that fullness.

For the erotic is not a question only of what we do; it is a question of how acutely and fully we can feel in the doing. Once we know the extent to which we are capable of feeling that sense of satisfaction and completion, we can then observe which of our various life endeavors bring us closest to that fullness.

Smoking had become my favorite thing in the world to do. It was like having instant comfort, no matter where or when.

Like somebody who was just happy because there was macaroni and cheese in the world.

What is cheaper than lust or of less value than alchemy or aphrodisiacs?

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.

The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness.

Did I feel a physical desire for him? I did. Was I moved by a passion of my body? I was. Have I experienced the most violent form of sensual pleasure? I have.

Married people dont look like they have bedrooms on their minds when they look at each other. In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both...Not both.

Through the dry phases of calculations in her mind, she noticed that she did have time to feel something: it was the hard, exhilarating pleasure of action.