Desire Quote by Aristotle

Pain and pleasure occur in consciousness and exist only there

— Anonymous

Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness

— Ramana Maharshi

“An imagined pleasure is never really the pleasure, but an imagined pain, in a very real sense, is the pain, because so much of…

— Geoffrey Wood

The existence of pleasure is the first mystery. The existence of pain has prompted far more philosophical speculation. Pleasure and pain need to be…

— John Berger

Only where there is sentient life can there be feelings of pleasure and pain, sorrow or joy.

— Max Heindel

Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them.

— Giacomo Casanova

There is a particular kind of pain which gives us pleasure.

— Agnibin Banerjee

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

— Laurence Sterne

Curiosity, like all other desires, produces pain as well as pleasure.

— Samuel Johnson

Pleasure is always something apposed to pain it is never separate from pain

— Rajneesh

The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.

— Marina Warner

Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends.

— John Stuart Mill