Pain Quote by David Edmonds

“Pleasure was a powerful tool. More powerful than pain, if you had the patience for it. Even the women who feared him usually returned,…

— Kit Rocha

“The only pleasing thing in life is pain. Pain creates pleasure, but not in the literal way.”

— Mia P

“Would you agree," he said, "that man's sole duty is to produce as much pleasure as possible?" "Only if the pleasure produced is equivalent…

— Susan Hubbard

“since to avoid the painful and aim at the pleasurable is one of the most obvious tendencies of human nature.”

— Aristotle

“Pleasure and pain are merely states of mind, rather than situations. Every situation is neutral.”

— Daniel Levin

“They say though that we do more to avoid pain than we do to gain pleasure. So it is when the pain becomes too…

— Bronnie Ware

“It is not only the ratio of pleasure to pain that determines the quality of a life, but also the sheer quantity of pain.…

— David Benatar

“Without pain, we fail to find the true pleasure of being.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Only after experiencing pain can we enjoy pleasure and derive happiness from it.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“The business of imagined pleasure is associated with pain.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Pleasure through pain is that much sweeter.”

— Toni Crawford

“Man's main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life. That is why…

— Viktor E. Frankl