Quotes About Pleasure

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

We must exercise ourselves in thte things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.

With the Epicureans it was never science for the sake of science but always science for the sake of human happiness.

Pleasure and pain moreover supply the motives of desire and of avoidance, and the springs of conduct generally. This being so, it clearly follows that actions are right and praiseworthy only as being a means to the attainment of a life of pleasure. But that which is not itself a means to anything else, but to which all else is a means, is what the Greeks term the telos, the highest, ultimate or final Good.

By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul. It

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living pleasantly.

The cry of the flesh bids us escape from hunger, thirst, and cold; for he who is free of these and expects to remain so might live in happiness even with Zeus.

Send me a pot of cheese, so that I may be able to indulge myself whenever I wish.

?yj?c o chlebie i wodzie, przyjemno?ci cia?a wywo?uj? we mnie groz?, gardz? luksusowymi rozkoszami, nie ze wzgl?du na nie, ale na niewygody z nimi zwi?zane.

Once a man has purged away "the terror in the soul" by acknowledging that death "is nothing to us" and hell simply a psychological projection of present torments and frustrations, he is ready for the happy life - pleasure, a minimum of pain, freedom from neurotic fears, and spiritual composure.

Quando o prazer está presente, desde que seja ininterrupto, não há dor nem do corpo, nem da mente, nem de ambos ao mesmo tempo

sem a ciência natural, não é possível alcançar os nossos prazeres imaculados.

A magnitude do prazer atinge seu máximo limite na remoção de toda dor.

And often we consider pains superior to pleasures when submission to the pains for a long time brings us as a consequence a greater pleasure.

É impossível viver uma vida agradável sem viver sabiamente, bem e justamente, e é impossível viver sabiamente, bem e justamente sem viver agradavelmente.

Nenhum prazer é em si mesmo mau, mas as coisas que produzem certos prazeres acarretam aborrecimentos muitas vezes maiores do que os próprios prazeres.

Se todos os prazeres fossem acumuláveis, se não fossem apenas recorrências no tempo,

nunca haveria diferença entre um prazer e outro, como de fato existe.

The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there is no pain either of body or of mind or of both together.

There is probably an element of malice in the readiness to overestimate people; we are laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.

God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.

Fearing the Lord means standing in awe of the reality of who God is. When we fear the Lord, we live our lives knowing that God is watching. God in Christ has restored our vision for this—for the believer, fearing God isn't a terror; it's a pleasure.

I trust and believe that it is a circumstance which can hardly occur. But if it ever should, and even if I should experience as much pain in such an event, as I have found hitherto encouragement and pleasure in the reverse, believe me it is impossible that it should shake the sentiments of affection and friendship which I bear towards you, and which I must be forgetful and insensible indeed if I ever could part with.

Emotions—sexuality, aggression, pleasure, fear, and pain—are instinctive processes. They color our lives and help us confront the fundamental challenges of avoiding pain and seeking pleasure. We