Contentment Quote by Swami Brahmananda

In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain.

— Radhanath Swami

Enjoying the life is to endure its pain

— Tarek Soloman

Pleasures remain. So does the pain

— Depeche Mode

The excess of pleasure is pain

— Almeida Garrett

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

— Sam Harris

It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

— Mardy Grothe

If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts…

— Radhanath Swami

Pleasure is hard to come by, but pain is everywhere these days, I must learn to subsist on it.

— J. M. Coetzee

The desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.

— Anonymous

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

— Adam Gopnik

There is a particular kind of pain which gives us pleasure.

— Agnibin Banerjee

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

— Lailah Gifty Akita