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All sensations are true; pleasure is our natural goal.


Epicurus

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ERNST MACH Epicurus said you should live for pleasure - adding that nothing brings more pleasure than a little ...
BENOîT DUTEURTRE Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.
VOLTAIRE Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.
WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on w...
FRANCES WRIGHT Music is all about training in harmony, training to understand and use musical energy for our greate...
JANE SIBERRY The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
SAMUEL JOHNSON The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure
FRANCOISE DE MOTTEVILLE Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE When all are talking, no one is probably listening; but if no one is speaking then perhaps all are o...
ANUJ SOMANY We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we ...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowle...
SAID NURSI Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
LIVY Gasping desperately, she clenched her hands on his shoulders, fingers sinking deep. His lips firmed,...
STEPHANIE LAURENS There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a ...
VASH YOUNG The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty.
WILLIAM MASON The foundation on which all our constitution are built is the natural equality of man
THOMAS JEFFERSON All their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato; alas good folk, t...
JANE GREY As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence . . .
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward t...
VASH YOUNG Our goal is to relocate all of the National Guard units that are at the site. We are looking for a s...
MICHAEL SHERMAN When we have a true sense of what psychology is we can then see why it gives us an insight not only ...
GARY F EVANS... Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease
HIPPOCRATES Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
HIPPOCRATES The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is t...
H. L. MENCKEN All movies are good if we are attentive to the social message that it conveys often in a subdued ton...
ANUJ SOMANY Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads.
ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One
DANIEL GILMAN For all men are equal,in order to show man that you are equal,then always do things lesser than your...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) To prove that all men are equal, rich or poor,nature has made it compulsory for all to breath the sa...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure
AUGUSTE RODIN True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.
AUGUSTE RODIN All's well that carries on well
AMIT ABRAHAM The impassive soul disturbs neither itself nor others.
EPICURUS My goal was to try and kind of be our generation's Marty McFly. That was what my all-time goal w...
TOM HOLLAND Self-denial in the pursuit of purpose generates true pleasure while self-indulgence in the pursuit o...
ORRIN WOODWARD Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds a...
DANIEL DENNETT Do you think it takes true pain to experience true pleasure?
GENA SHOWALTER Our goal is unity. Our goal is peace. Our goal is economic recovery and stability.
FERNANDO POE, JR. Our goal now is to get all three to states. I think that's a realistic goal.
JAKE DAUM A boy has a natural genius for combining business with pleasure
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER It's the evolution of our team, trying to go to that next level. It's a natural progression, and our...
GREG JOHNSON I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of w...
JACK HENRY ABBOTT Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all.
ARTHUR ADAMOV People are always looking for magic, when the natural world holds true miracles
AVERY WILLIAMS And she realized that this is true. Pain has somehow transformed into pleasure, and that pleasure is...
JULIA HOBAN God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not.
EVELYN UNDERHILL a real professional - a natural comedian and a pleasure to work with.
DWAYNE HICKMAN Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?
BLAISE PASCAL We are a true, 100 percent natural pork, which means our animals are never given antibiotics, from b...
PAT WATKINS I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thought...
SHAKIRA This is a true positive from a very unfortunate natural disaster.
JAMES MALONE The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. True featu...
LORD SHAFTESBURY Law is twofold -- natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on tables. A...
SAINT AMBROSE Our research tells us that some 5 million American families are using all-natural gardening methods.
BRUCE BUTTERFIELD Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. The man of ambition thinks to find his good in the operations of others; the man of pleasure in his ...
MARCUS AURELIUS Our goal is not low prices, our goal is fair prices,
DAVID HILLIER The essence of all art is having pleasure giving pleasure
MIKHAIL BARYSHINIKOV We are ready to sit at the negotiations table with all political parties. Our main goal is to ensure...
RINAT AKHMETOV What are the physical sensations you associate with hunger? For most people, these sensations includ...
JOEL FUHRMAN Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by ...
SAMUEL JOHNSON As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make
friends wit...
SHARON SALZBERG The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good...
EPICURUS Our whole goal is to get 100 percent compliance from all counties.
KURT BARROW Being born is a gift, dying is a pleasure ..living is the true adventure. - John Alexander T
JOHN ALEXANDER TRISTRAM Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questi...
FRANK MOORE COLBY We Are All One. When we allow ourselves to become aware of this statement in its purest form, we ope...
J.M. HARRISON It is a natural goal of Iran to try and expel the Fifth Fleet from Bahrain.
ELLIOTT ABRAMS There are my thoughts, feelings, and sensations... and here I am.
REUBEN LOWE Children are our greatest natural resource.
HERBERT HOOVER When we pay attention to sensations in our bodies, we can feel that love is the energetic opposite o...
SHARON SALZBERG The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from...
SAMUEL JOHNSON The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from...
SAMUEL JOHNSON As adults, we hvae many inhibitions against crying. We feel it is an expression of weakness, or femi...
ALEXANDER LOWEN Our aim is to make it possible for as many people as possible to experience the same sensations as t...
MARC GENE Our goal is to ensure that there are no undue effects on existing uses, scenic character, and natura...
HARLEY LEE All religious and spiritual practices lead to one deep realisation: We Are One. All is One.
ANITA B. SULSER I think that we scientists are seeking an understanding of the natural world. We come in various typ...
SHELDON LEE GLASHOW Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greate...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure
MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
DALE CARNEGIE People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an...
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH Pain Is Caused By Pleasure
SULLY ERNA Bodies do not produce sensations, but complexes of elements (complexes of sensations) make up bodies...
ERNST MACH True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people....There are natural and imprescriptible rights ...
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights wh...
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE Our first goal is to get there and our second goal is to win.
ALY HINTON Children are our most valuable natural resource.
HERBERT HOOVER Children are our most valuable natural resource
HERBERT HOOVER Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an a...
KONSTANTIN STANISLAVISKY Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an a...
CONSTANTIN STANISLAVSKI Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an a...
KONSTANTIN E. TSIOLKOVSKY Why not say that the meaning and purpose of the sexual powers is pleasure? Certainly sex is pleasura...
J. BUDZISZEWSKI We are going to lose all of our natural gas lines, all of our water lines, many of our power lines, ...
LUCY JONES Sensations sweet,Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of sensations...
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