Condemning Quote by J. K. Rowling

Most people rush after pleasure so fast that they rush right past it.

— Soren Kierkegaard

Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.

— Anonymous

“One reason we rush so quickly to the vulgar satisfactions of judgment, and love to revel in our righteous outrage, is that it spares…

— Tim Kreider

In our hedonistic age, the Slow movement has a marketing ace up its sleeve: it peddles pleasure. The central tenet of the Slow philosophy…

— Carl Honore

The truth is, we are a culture built on a reward system, and our instinctive pursuit of pleasure can often lead us astray. We…

— Dan Levy

Like Jesus, we can decide, daily or instantly, to give no heed to temptation (see D&C 20:22). We can respond to irritation with a…

— Neal A. Maxwell

If we don't choose to intentionally and consciously slow down and stop being in a rush, your body and mind will force you to…

— Jay Shetty

“Sensual pleasures are the whip natural selection uses to control us, to keep us in the thrall of its warped values system.”

— Robert Wright

To tempt, and to be tempted, are things very nearly allied, and, in spite of the finest maxims of morality impressed upon the mind,…

— Catherine the Great

Ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice.

— Ann Radcliffe

Asceticism is the right way of thinking for those who have to extirpate their sensual drives because they are ravening beasts of prey. But…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.

— Franklin P. Jones