Culture Quote by Sam Harris

“Though people in all cultures and eras have felt the same type of pleasures and pains, the meaning they have ascribed to their experiences…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“And finally comes culture, which is entertainment, relaxation, transport out of the pain of living.”

— John Steinbeck

“...we see life as deeply in our pleasures as in our pains.”

— Adam Gopnik

“Without pain, we fail to find the true pleasure of being.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“As individuals, we experience ourselves as the center of whatever social world we inhabit. We think that we are free and refuse to see…

— Andrea Dworkin

“We are desperate to create enough distractions to avoid the pain we feel inside, and we stuff in as many pleasures as we can…

— Sterling Jaquith

The world is so constructed, that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you also must endure its pains.

— Swami Brahmananda

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

— Johann Martin Boltzius

“...what exactly is there in human existence that can lure you away from pleasure: peace of mind, a walk by the sea, moderation?”

— Kapka Kassabova

“Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and... absolutely nothing else. And through the development of this capacity, man may…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“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

“The business of imagined pleasure is associated with pain.”

— Dada Bhagwan