"Pleasure is in itself a good; nay, even setting aside immunity from pain, the only good."

-- Jeremy Bentham

#Pain Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.”
“When are we left-wingers going to learn that we are losing the cultural and political battle with conservatives because we are fractured into narcissistic special-interest groups? Why should an antiwar protestor be so concerned about her dietary identity? The political opinions of vegetarians and meat-eaters are, after all, equally important. And what does it tell us about vegetarians that it would never occur to meat-eaters to carry a sign that reads "Pacifist Pork Chop Lover for Peace" or "Backyard Rib Barbecuer for International Nuclear Disarmament"?”
“We don't know what our health care costs are going to be. We don't know what our tax rates are going to be. We don't know what our interest rates are going to be. We don't know what our energy costs are going to be. All these uncertainties are being driven by the Government's agenda. What we really need to do is get Government to step back.”

Source : "Battle ‘10". Interview with Mytheos Holt, www.nationalreview.com. September 1, 2010.
“Using awareness, personal responsibility and inner work to review our unskillful or frightened reactions, we become more adept at turning habitual reactions to balanced responses. These moments are very exciting and gratifying.”
“If miracles be incredible, Christianity is false. If Christ wrought no miracles, then the Gospels are untrustworthy.”

Source : Frederic William Farrar (1875). “The Witness of History to Christ: Five Sermons Preached Before the University of Cambridge : Being the Hulsean Lectures for the Year 1870”, p.25
“I have decided to fight for my country, because we have build a success story in Guanajuato, with real results and more yet to come in the next two years.”
“We're [also] trying to talk to a generation who grew up on the Internet. They're digital natives, and, essentially, they speak through sequential storytelling. I mean, a good comic-book panel is not that much different than a meme.”

Source : "John Lewis marches on: 'Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America'". Interview with Philip Eil, www.salon.com. August 9, 2016.
“The man who wants a garden fair, or small or very big, With flowers growing here and there, Must bend his back and dig. The things are mighty few on earth That wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth We've got to work to gain. It matters not what goal you seek, It's secret here reposes: You've got to dig from week to week To get Results or Roses.”

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