Commit Quote by Erwin W. Lutzer

Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.

— Anonymous

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

— Aristotle

Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.

— Stendhal

I believe that man was created to enjoy himself, indeed, that he can claim it as his legitimate right. In fact, as long as…

— Kafu Nagai

To torture a man you have to know his pleasures.

— Stanislaw Lem

There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might be the most immoral desire a man can possess.

— Yukio Mishima

Pleasure can be used to enslave a people just as effectively as pain.

— Marianne Williamson

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

— Confucius

“To seek pleasure, to avoid pain, is the general line of action (some would say law) of the organic world. Without this quest of…

— Peter Kropotkin

People will do more to avoid pain than they will do to gain pleasure.

— Tony Robbins

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

— Benjamin Franklin

The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has become free…

— Alfred Kinsey