“PLEASURE and pain are undoubtedly the ultimate objects of the calculus of economics. To satisfy our wants to the utmost with the least effort - to procure the greatest amount of what is desirable at the expense of the least that is undesirable - in other words, to maximize pleasure, is the problem of economics.” WantProblemPainPleasureEffortObjectsAmountEconomicsUltimateExpensesDesirableCalculusPain And PleasureUndesirable Book:The Theory of Political Economy Source: The Theory of Political Economy
“What are you gonna fill your life up with when you don't have that ultimate satisfaction or peace in your life? You try to fill it up with wealth, pleasure, honor, power, sex, drugs and Rock and Roll to try to feel good.” FeelsTryingSexWealthPleasureRocksHonorDrugUltimateSatisfactionFeel GoodRock And RollSex DrugsSex Drugs And Rock And Roll Author:Dion DiMucci
“Many a man has a kind of a kaleidoscope, where the bits of broken glass are his own merits and fortunes; and they fall into harmonious arrangements, and delight him, often most mischievously and to his ultimate detriment; but they are a present pleasure.” MenKindFallBitsPleasureBrokenUltimateFortuneGlassesDelightMeritArrangementsHarmoniousKaleidoscopeBroken Glass Book:Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon Source: Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon
“You are not just a meaningless fragment in an alien universe, briefly suspended between life and death, allowed a few short-lived pleasures followed by pain and ultimate annihilation.” PainUniversePleasureUltimateAliensLife And DeathMeaninglessFragmentsAnnihilationSuspendedShort LivedBetween Life And Death Author:Eckhart Tolle