Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and ... absolutely nothing else.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Our struggle to navigate the space of possible pains and pleasures produces most of human culture.”

— Sam Harris

“The positive sum of pleasures in a modern man's life is undoubtedly greater than was to be found in more primitive communities, but the…

— Bertrand Russell

“No matter where we are and what we are subjected to, we will eventually settle into the new reality and try to find pleasure,…

— Wendy Walker

“Desire may arise inside us, but it cannot bind us. Pleasure may seem alluring, but it cannot fetter us. Life's goal is much more…

— Avijeet Das

“This lively health, when entirely free from all mixture of pain, of itself gives an inward pleasure, independent of all external objects of delight;…

— Thomas More

“We must have imagination, awakened by the uncertainty of being able to attain our object, to create a goal which hides our other goal…

— Marcel Proust

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

— Aristotle

“You think pleasure is only of the senses; the wretched slaves who manufactured your morality despised a satisfaction which they had small means of…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“And when the soul has yielded to pleasure, its functions and actions grow weak, and any undertaking comes from a nerveless and unsteady source.”

— Seneca

“What was invented with civilization was the ability of some to deny sensuality to others.”

— Richard Manning