It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure
“It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
pleasure
There are 7 things that will destroy us
There are 7 things that will destroy us. Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Religion without sacrifice. Politics without principle. Business without ethics. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods; there is a rapture on the lonely shore; there is society where none intrudes; by the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the-less but Nature more. ~ Lord Byron