“It is easier for one to take risks and to chase his dreams with a mindset that he has nothing to lose. In this lies the immense passion, the great advantage of avoiding a materialistic, pleasure-filled way of life.” WayDreamLyingPassionLosesPleasureRiskEasierAdvantageFilledMindsetImmenseAvoidingMaterialisticNothing To Lose Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not - there is no weakness in that.” MomentsCarePleasureRiskWeaknessStakesI CareSingle Mom Book:An Ideal Husband Source: An Ideal Husband
“Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps pleasure as the card players and the kibitzers interact and new thrills are sought.” LinesPleasurePlayerRiskTrumpInstinctDrawingCardsInstructionSeemingUneasyBendingPerversity Author:Adam Gopnik
“Many pleasant things are better when they belong to someone else. When things belong to others, we enjoy them twice as much, without the risk of losing them, and with the pleasure of novelty.” EnjoyPleasureRiskLosingPleasantNoveltyPleasant Things Author:Baltasar Gracian
“Regardless of how often the appetite for entertainment violence becomes addictive, increased exposure does risk further desensitizing viewers. And the element of pleasure that they derive may lead them to regard violence as a more acceptable way of dealing with problems, and victimization as more tolerable so long as it befalls others, not themselves.” WayMayLongDoeProblemPleasureViolenceRiskElementsRegardEntertainmentAppetiteAcceptableViewersExposureTolerableVictimizationDealing With Problems Author:Sissela Bok
“The psychological impotence of our enraged generation must be traced to the overwhelming accusation of insincerity which every man and woman has to confront, in the depths of his own soul, when he seeks to love merely for his own pleasure.And yet the men of our time do not love with enough courage to risk even discomfort or inconvenience.” MenSoulEnoughPleasureRiskGenerationsHe ManMen And WomenDepthEvery ManPsychologicalOur TimeOverwhelmingDiscomfortAccusationInconvenienceImpotenceInsincerity Author:Thomas Merton