“The greatest physical pleasure in the world is the meeting of the two urinary tracts.”
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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali37
Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic 1058–1111Related quotes
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer
Le mal n'est peut-être qu'un violent plaisir. Qui pourrait déterminer le point où la volupté devient un mal et celui où le mal est encore la volupté ? Les plus vives lumières du monde idéal ne caressent-elles pas la vue, tandis que les plus douces ténèbres du monde physique la blessent toujours.
The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831), Part I: The Talisman
“Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
James W. Prescott (1930) American psychologist
"Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence" (1975)
“We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1950s, Give Us the Ballot (1957)
Context: We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force. There is still a voice crying out through the vista of time, saying: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you." Then, and only then, can you matriculate into the university of eternal life. That same voice cries out in terms lifted to cosmic proportions: "He who lives by the sword will perish by the sword." And history is replete with the bleached bones of nations that failed to follow this command. We must follow nonviolence and love.
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician
Diary, 1897
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)
John Ruskin (1819–1900) English writer and art critic
Sesame and Lilies, lecture I: Sesame. Of King's Treasuries, section 3 (1864-1865)