“Why do people want to drain your energy? So they can journey to other worlds after death, where pleasures are a thousandfold. It is a fast game. Human beings are powerful and skillful.” PeopleWorldWantHumansGamesEnergyHuman BeingsPleasurePowerfulJourneyAfter DeathOther WorldsDrainsSkillful Author:Frederick Lenz
“Some people have accused my tragedy of being too sad, as though one desired a merry tragedy. People clamor for Enjoyment as though Enjoyment consisted in being foolish. I find enjoyment in the powerful and terrible struggles of life; and the capability of experiencing something, of learning something, gives me pleasure.” PeopleGivingPleasurePowerfulStruggleTerribleGive MeTragedyFoolishEnjoymentCapabilityAccusedMerryLife StruggleClamorExperiencing Something Author:August Strindberg
“Richard Gavin is one of the bright new stars in contemporary weird fiction. His richly textured style, deft character portrayal, and powerful horrific conceptions make every one of his tales a pleasure to read.” CharacterStarsPleasurePowerfulFictionStyleTalesContemporaryConceptionHorrificPortrayal Author:S. T. Joshi
“What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.” GodAnswersPleasureDealsPowerfulWiserOmnipotencePredestination Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“If you want to be powerful in life you have to enjoy the process. You have to get pleasure out of making the thing that you're making. There has to be that kind of purpose behind it. If your purpose is simply gaining power, if that becomes your end in life then you end up sort of destroying yourself because you lose the sense of detachment that's very necessary.” IfsWantKindEndsPurposeProcessEnjoyLosesPleasurePowerfulBehindsDestroyingDetachmentGaining PowerDestroying Yourself Author:Robert Greene
“The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he does well and, having done it well, he loves to do it better. You see it in his science. You see it in the magnificence with which he carves and builds, the loving care, the gaiety, the effrontery. The monuments are supposed to commemorate kings and religions, heroes, dogmas, but in the end the man they commemorate is the builder.” MenWellsDoeEndsDoneCarePleasurePowerfulHe ManKingsHeroSkillsMost PowerfulDogmaMonumentBuilderAscentMagnificenceGaiety Book:The Ascent of Man Source: The Ascent of Man
“Love is at the root of all healthy discipline. The desire to be loved is a powerful motivation for children to behave in ways thatgive their parents pleasure rather than displeasure. it may even be our own long-ago fear of losing our parents' love that now sometimes makes us uneasy about setting and maintaining limits. We're afraid we'll lose the love of our children when we don't let them have their way.” WayMayChildrenLongSometimesDesireMotivationParentLosesLove IsPleasurePowerfulDisciplineHealthyLimitsLosingRootsOur ChildrenSettingSettingsBehaveLong AgoMaintainingUneasyParents LoveDispleasure Book:You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor Source: You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor
“BMW models are more powerful on average than competitors. This is precisely what we are aiming for: less fuel consumption and more driving pleasure.” PleasurePowerfulModelsAverageDrivingFuelConsumptionCompetitorsBmw Author:Norbert Reithofer