Cannot Quote by William Temple

Such are the differences among human beings in their sources of pleasure, their susceptibilities of pain, and the operation on them of different physical…

— John Stuart Mill

One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in…

— Dean Koontz

Happiness is so nonsynonymous with joy or pleasure that it is not infrequently sought and felt in grief and deprivation.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest.

— Michel de Montaigne

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

— Tacitus

“Someone who remains satisfied with the superficial pleasures of life is ignorant of the agitation deep within the mind. He is under the illusion…

— William Hart

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

— William James

“The feeling is one born of a too easy satisfaction of natural needs. The human animal, like others, is adapted to a certain amount…

— Bertrand Russell

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably…

— Epicurus

Man cannot demand that others give up their lives to make him happy.

— Ayn Rand

“A man engrossed in sensual pleasures may form a mistaken out look upon life and think that he enjoys life more than others do.…

— Mohammad Qutub

None has more frequent conversations with a disagreeable self than the man of pleasure; his enthusiasms are but few and transient; his appetites, like…

— James Goldsmith