“The best kind of pleasure comes from the indifference to pain … and pleasure.”
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Famous Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes
“Some of our prayers for some people clash with their prayers for themselves.”
“Things such as the idea of family and that of friendship are a sign of spiritual barbarism.”
“We experience the highest degree of pleasure when our awareness is focused on our awareness.”
“Hedonism is based on the illusion that what we enjoy inevitably leaves us in joy.”
“More than half of sexual pleasure comes from being in the present moment.”
“To chase pleasure is to be chased by pain.”
Source: P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms
Source: P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms
“The problem with pleasure is that it needs to be intermittent in order to retain its pleasantness.”
“Everlasting pain is often caused by the pursuit of fleeting pleasure.”
“They who have gone beyond the duality of pain and pleasure have nothing to escape or chase.”
Source: On Friendship: A Satirical Essay
“Most people want more than they have without having made the most of what they have.”
“Appreciating what you have is the best cure for wanting what you have not.”
“We make life painful or difficult by wanting … and by preferring.”
“Some deeds are fuelled by the desire to be, or to seem, desireless.”
Source: P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms
“A desired thing often comes with seeds of at least one desire.”
“Reality is at least a billion trillions times less malleable than our desires.”
“It is the mind, not the self, that feels (sad, happy, angry, etc.).”
“Human beings are makers, usually of a mountain out of a molehill.”
“Prosperity is in some cases more burdensome than poverty is in some cases.”
“Some of those who faked it until they made it are now faking not to have made it.”