Claims Quote by Herbert Marcuse

The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot…

— Sigmund Freud

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

The principles of pleasure are not firm and stable. They are different in all mankind, and variable in every particular with such a diversity…

— Blaise Pascal

“Thus, in the realm of human relationships, a different form of pleasure is experienced, a different sort of motivation is involved, and a different…

— Ayn Rand

The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure - that is the choicest of all.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

— Democritus

The facts which have caused us to believe in the dominance of the pleasure principle in mental life also find expression in the hypothesis…

— Sigmund Freud

We begin every act of choice and avoidance from pleasure, and it is to pleasure that we return using our experience of pleasure as…

— Epicurus

The basic human reaction to pleasure is not satisfaction, but rather craving for more. Hence, no matter what we achieve, it only increases our…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury,…

— Oliver Goldsmith

When I talk about the pleasure principle, I don't say there is only one kind of pleasure, there are many kinds of pleasure. Some…

— Martin Amis

The pleasure principle long persists, however, as the method of working employed by the sexual instincts, which are so hard to 'educate', and, starting…

— Sigmund Freud