“Many years spent listening to the tribulations of man have persuaded me that the satisfaction of all desires is completely counterproductive to happiness. Instant and unrestrained gratification is the shortest and most direct route to unhappiness.” MenYearsDesireListeningDirectSatisfactionInstantUnhappinessRoutesGratificationTribulationCounterproductive Author:James E. Faust
“The object of man's desire is not to enjoy once only, and for one instant of time; but to assure for ever, the way of his future desires.” MenWayDesireEnjoyObjectsInstant Book:The Essential Leviathan: A Modernized Edition Source: The Essential Leviathan: A Modernized Edition
“Macbeth's deed is done in horror, and without the faintest desire or sense of glory- done, one may almost say, as if it were an appalling duty; the instant it is finished, its futility is revealed to Macbeth as clearly as its vileness had been revealed beforehand” IfsMayDoneDesireDutyHorrorGloryDeedsFinishedInstantFutility Author:A. C. Bradley