Human existence Quote by Kapka Kassabova

“All beings desire pleasure, a surcease of need or want, and there is no shame in that.”

— Sherri L. King

“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

“Every rational being she believed must have some purpose in life beyond mere pleasure for pleasure's sake. Enjoyment without settled principles, laudable purposes, mental…

— Lynne Withey

“Find joy in the extinction of desires.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Indeed, that pleasure does not exist, isolated and formulated in the consciousness, as the ultimate object with which one seeks a woman’s company, or…

— Marcel Proust

“The excessive pleasure we imagine receiving from what we want most of all is fleeting at best.”

— Peter Rollins

“There is no pleasure more complex than that of thought and we surrendered ourselves to it.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“The love of pleasure is destined by its very nature to defeat itself and end in frustration.”

— Thomas Merton

“Everything you do must be in pursuit of pleasure.”

— Skye Warren

“Brief worldly pleasure is followed by pain and disgust. If only people would believe it rather than experience it.”

— Johann Martin Boltzius

“Life gives pleasure only to those who explore themselves and discover their strength.”

— Rakesh Wadhwani

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

— Sam Harris