Pain Quote by Ilona Boniwell

“Christian Hedonism is a philosophy of life built on the following five convictions: The longing to be happy is a universal human experience, and…

— John Piper

The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.

— Fred Melamed

We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good.

— C. S. Lewis

Pleasure is a revolutionary act in the face of pain.

— Kevin Young

Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning…

— Paul Kurtz

Traditional hedonism...was based on the direct experience of pleasure: wine, women and song; sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; or whatever the local variant.…

— David Graeber

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

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.

— Mason Cooley

The excess of pleasure is pain

— Almeida Garrett

For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.

— John Dryden

The two-fold goal of all human striving is the avoidance of pain, and the fulfillment of happiness.

— Anonymous

Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.

— Horace