“The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him. Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way.” WayStatesLightHappinessJoyEnjoyDarknessGonePleaseDeserveDelightTreatedDeep DownDegradationPlunge Book:The 120 days of Sodom and other writings Source: The 120 days of Sodom and other writings
“Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.” IfsMenInspirationalMayLongInspirationAgePastHappinessSpiritualOpportunityPleasureGonePeriodsAdvantageWineLaysHappyAnticipationFinding HappinessNot HappyTastingPresent TimeAlways HappyJust Be HappyKey To HappinessAlways Be HappyYou Make Me HappyOthers HappinessFound HappinessLive HappyHe Makes Me HappyMy Own HappinessLife Changing ExperiencePast Happiness Author:Charles Caleb Colton