Action Quote by Wilhelm Reich

One must do violence to the object of one's desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.

— Marquis de Sade

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

— Thomas Merton

We must reckon with the possibility that something in the nature of the sexual instinct itself is unfavorable to the realization of complete satisfaction.

— Sigmund Freud

“Thus pleasure itself, also becoming a right, lost its aggressive futility.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre

The pain of sexual frustration, of repressed tenderness, of denied curiosity, of isolation in the ego, of greed, suppressed rebellion, of hatred poisoning all…

— Germaine Greer

“Gratification kills desire. And constant gratification kills it permanently”

— Norah Vincent

In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that…

— Steven Pressfield

The suppression of natural sexual gratification leads to various kinds of substitute gratifications. Natural aggression, for example, becomes brutal sadism which then is an…

— Wilhelm Reich

“To seek pleasure, to avoid pain, is the general line of action (some would say law) of the organic world. Without this quest of…

— Peter Kropotkin

“believe that sexual desire is a powerful emotion and a healthy one. I’m pretty sure that when anyone acknowledges and acts on their desire,…

— Dorothy Allison

Ironically enough, in the same way that fear brings to pass what one is afraid of, likewise a forced intention makes impossible what one…

— Viktor E. Frankl

“Perhaps that is why desire causes men calamity. By identifying with our desires and taking them too seriously, we not only increase our susceptibility…

— Tom Robbins