There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
No pleasure has any savor for me without communication.
Pleasure without God, without the sacred boundaries, will actually leave you emptier than before. And this is biblical truth, this is experiential truth. The loneliest people in the world are amongst the wealthiest and most famous who found no boundaries within which to live. That is a fact I've seen again and again.
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?
A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all.
I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway, and I would disapprove of it.
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