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We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.
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Alan Watts
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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably. Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health. Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure. For the highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind, however much our youth may deceive us on this point; and the pleasures of the mind turn chiefly on the powers of the mind. When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure. Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.