Anxiety Quote by Joseph Wood Krutch

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

— Ovid

It is no wonder if, under the pressure of these possibilities of suffering, men are accustomed to moderate their claims to happiness - just…

— Sigmund Freud

Pleasure can also be a mirror of the anxiety we feel in everyday life, it can have a message inside.

— Takashi Miike

Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talks that would describe it…

— E. M. Forster

When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.

— Viktor E. Frankl

Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.

— Anonymous

Sometimes a man is intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering — that is a fact.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Pleasure is not the purpose of man's existence. Joy is.

— David O. McKay

Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

— Hugh Blair

Monotony and repetition are characteristic of many parts of life, but these do not become sources of conscious discomfort until novelty and entertainment are…

— Mary Catherine Bateson