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“And so, wish becomes pang; the crave, an ache; pleasure, pain. Losing all its pleasure, anticipation cuts the opposite direction and becomes merely a constant, painful reminder of what they’ve lost, forever.”

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Geoffrey Wood

Geoffrey Wood, born in 1945, is an accomplished author whose works span a variety of genres, including history, literature, and philosophy. more

“In today's world, it is tempting to follow suit and artificially numb the emotions you don't want while inducing the ones that you do want. The problem is that pushing pleasure into your veins will not get you out of quicksand, nor will blocking pain bring you relief. The solutions do not lie in the world of emotions, but rather in the world of thoughts.”

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Book:The Love Mindset

Source: The Love Mindset

“...what exactly is there in human existence that can lure you away from pleasure: peace of mind, a walk by the sea, moderation?”

Pleasure

Book:Twelve minutes of love : a tango story

Source: Twelve minutes of love : a tango story

“Love can be simply stated to be the desire of the human being to integrate oneself with other selves in such a way that one starts feeling the pain and pleasure of another person as if of one’s own.”

Love Pain Pleasure

Book:Good and Evil: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Source: Good and Evil: Two Sides of the Same Coin

“God is not interested in the seeds he put in you; He is interested in the fruits that must come out of you!”

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Book:Shaping the dream

Source: Shaping the dream

“A life fueled by passions is like riding on the back of a dragon.”

Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“An imagined pleasure is never really the pleasure, but an imagined pain, in a very real sense, is the pain, because so much of pain is the consciousness of it. It makes itself objective. Whereas to think about pleasure is to step outside of it; to think about a presently felt pain is to step inside it. And in a very real sense, we’ve already got them in Hell.”

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Author:Geoffrey Wood

“Tiramisu for desert.”

Pleasure Food Tiramisu

Book:Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

“The best thing is to possess pleasures without being their slave; not to be devoid of pleasures.”

Pleasure

Author:Aristippus

“Unkindness is inspired by hatred, anger fuels it into action in which there is no great joy; it would take sadism to turn it into something pleasurable; unkind people imagine themselves to be inflicting pain on someone equally unkind.”

Pleasure Sadism Unkindness

Book:The Guermantes Way

Source: The Guermantes Way

“He made you you—on purpose. You are the only you—ever. Becoming ourselves means we are actively cooperating with God's intention for our lives, not fighting him or ourselves. He looks at us with pleasure and with mercy, and he wants us to look at ourselves with pleasure and mercy too!”

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Book:Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You

Source: Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You

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