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There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.

— Max Eastman

Oh, how desperately bored, in spite of their grim determination to have a Good Time, the majority of pleasure-seekers really are!

— Aldous Huxley

Self-consciousness is the destroyer of erotic joy.

— Ian Mcewan

When I was first introduced to Buddhism in a high school World Studies class, I dismissed it out of hand. This was during the…

— Tara Brach

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

— Ovid

Pleasure is a revolutionary act in the face of pain.

— Kevin Young

“I picked up [the term 'pleasure activism'] from harm reductionist Keith Cylar, who I met only briefly before he passed on April 5, 2004…

— Anonymous

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

— Oscar Wilde

Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.

— William F. Buckley, Jr

But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you…

— Anonymous

Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and…

— Barbara Holland

As the pleasure principle is unconstrained by a moral compass based on a respect for others, it is increasingly shaped by the need for…

— Henry Giroux