“The best kind of pleasure comes from the indifference to pain … and pleasure.”
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Famous Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes
“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.”
“Fools refuse to truly believe that a thing can be both delicious or pleasurable … and harmful.”
“What some people regard as an expression of freedom is actually that of slavery.”
“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.”
“A desired thing often comes with seeds of at least one desire.”
“It is a curse to be childish, but a blessing to be childlike.”
“Human beings are makers, usually of a mountain out of a molehill.”
“A blind man’s thoughts almost never have anything to do with the things he is facing.”
“The ability to utter wise words is not exclusive to the wise.”
Source: P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms
“We are good to others only because we think that that is, or will be, good for us.”
Source: The Use and Misuse of Children
“A truth whispered is not less truthful. And an untruth shouted is not less untruthful.”
“The degree of our happiness is not determined by (what we regard as) the source of our happiness.”
“Pitying a living man for being poor is like envying a dead man for being rich.”
“Unlearning makes learning at least three times longer than necessary.”
“Unhappiness and the like often inspire us to perform random acts of unkindness.”
Source: P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms
“Most people have given back to life the power to make themselves happy.”
“Judgments are the only possible cause of unhappiness and happiness.”
“We all too often invite a lie by asking someone how he or she is doing.”
“Stoicism is a mild form of pessimism … sprinkled with optimism.”
“They who always expect the worst are almost always pleasantly surprised.”
“At any given moment, it is a beautiful day in many parts of the world.”