Life Quote by Bertrand Russell

“Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and... absolutely nothing else. And through the development of this capacity, man may…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“for what is life, a good life, but the accumulation of small pleasures?”

— J. Maarten Troost

“Without patience and interest, one will only have access to immediate pleasures—which are good, but much lower in quality than the pleasures gained over…

— Olivier Magny

“The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I am a man without many pleasures in life, a man whose few pleasures are small, but a man whose small pleasures are very…

— Amanda Filipacchi

“First, human character was varied. Second, pleasure lay less in feeling things than in doing things, that is in pursuits and activities. Last, certain…

— Edmund Fawcett

“ We derive our greatest pleasures not from novelty but from familiarity.”

— Raymond Radiguet

“Though people in all cultures and eras have felt the same type of pleasures and pains, the meaning they have ascribed to their experiences…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“But our pleasures are, by their very nature, fleeting. If we enjoy some great professional success, our feelings of accomplishment remain vivid and intoxicating…

— Sam Harris

“Countless pleasures are wasted through ignorance and a want of skill and attention.”

— Emile Peynaud

“Some find that they are content with little, while others find that they want much, much more. Still others create and manifest many things,…

— Stephen Richards

“The World has not evolved into what it is today to specifically meet my pleasures.”

— Sammy Sutton