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“Doing nothing but seeking pleasure is an attitude that will bankrupt our souls long before we ever seek out the pleasures that we thought would fill them.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“In so much firm, pleasure-loving flesh, we cannot find the merest trace of a moral nervous system. That explains the whole enigma of Casanova's subtle genius. Lucky man that he is, he has only sensuality, and lacks the first beginnings of a soul. Bound by no ties, having no fixed aim, restrained by no prudent considerations, he can move at a different tempo from his fellow mortals, who are burdened with moral scruples, who aim at an ethical goal, who are tied by notions of social responsibility. That is the secret of his unique impetus, of his incomparable energy.”

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Book:Casanova

Source: Casanova

“Robbing ourselves of the great pleasures in life only makes us perform worse. We need to be happy, and do things we like doing if we want to excel in whatever it is we're focusing on.”

Happiness Dancing Dance Choreography Pleasures Of Life Pleasures Choreographer Pleasure Seeking

Book:50 Ways to Become a Better Choreographer

Source: 50 Ways to Become a Better Choreographer

“There is a haphazard sort of doing good, which is nothing but temperamental pleasure-seeking.”

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Author:Fanny Lewald

“A madhouse of frenzied moneymaking and frenzied pleasure-seeking, with none of the corners chipped off. It is beautifully situatedand the air reminds one curiously of Edinburgh.”

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Author:Aleister Crowley

“I was only one woman alone, and had no power to move to action full-fed, sleek- coated, ease-loving, pleasure-seeking, well-paid,and well-placed countrymen in this war- trampled, dead, old land, each one afraid that he should be called upon to do something.”

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Author:Clara Barton

“The child begins life as a pleasure-seeking animal; his infantile personality is organized around his own appetites and his own body. In the course of his rearing the goal of exclusive pleasure seeking must be modified drastically, the fundamental urges must be subject to the dictates of conscience and society, urges must be capable of postponement and in some instances of renunciation completely.”

Source: The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood

“Epicurus recommends bread and cheese as the staple, and his emphasis is more on avoiding pain than on seeking pleasure, insofar as pleasure-seeking tends to be followed by painful after-effects.”

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Author:Catherine Wilson

“Americans are genuinely and profoundly anti-intellectual. They are especially so in their pleasure-seeking, which is epically banal.”

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Author:Jesse Ball

“Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure.Ours is an entertainment seeking-nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one....This is the cause of that great sad American stereotype- the overstressed executive who goes on vacation, but who cannot relax.”

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Author:Elizabeth Gilbert

“The real pleasure-seeking is the combination of luxury and austerity in such a way that the luxury can really be felt.”

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Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“When a person's primary objective is to maximize material pleasures while minimizing discomforts, then life becomes a constant process of "pushing" (trying to push away from discomforts) and "grabbing" (trying to acquire or hold on to that which gives pleasure). With the loss of inner balance that accompanies a habitual "pushing and grabbing" approach to life, a deeper pain ensues-that of becoming aware of the ultimate unsatisfactoriness of the pleasure-seeking/pain-avoiding process itself.”