Companion Quote by Pierre Charron

Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite, are yet so contrived by nature as to be constant companions; and it is a fact that the…

— Pierre Charron

Do not let pleasure distract you from meditation, from the way. Free yourself from pleasure and pain.

— Gautama Buddha

The theory which follows is entirely based on a calculus of pleasure and pain; and the object of economics is to maximize happiness by…

— William Stanley Jevons

The existence of pleasure is the first mystery. The existence of pain has prompted far more philosophical speculation. Pleasure and pain need to be…

— John Berger

So through identification you have pleasure and pain.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them in particular, what we compare…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Life is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy.

— Sathya Sai Baba

It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain intensity they are indistinguishable.

— Arnold Bennett

There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.

— Charles Darwin

Between the banks of pleasure and pain flows the river of life. If you spend much time on either bank you will miss out…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man, and always will be.

— Claude Adrien Helvetius

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

Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness

— Ramana Maharshi

Life is both pleasure and pain, is it not? But why should we cling to pleasure and avoid pain? Why not merely live with…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

My prize, my pleasure and pain, my endless desire. I've never know anyone like you.

— Lisa Kleypas