Quote by Nathaniel Branden
For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for plea

For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for pleasure is the desire to escape from reality. – Nathaniel Branden

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To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem. – Nathaniel Branden

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Self Respect
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Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause. – Nathaniel Branden

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Health
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Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling. – Nathaniel Branden

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Pleasure
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The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. – Germaine Greer

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Pleasure is the bait of sin. – Plato

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When pleasure interferes with business, give up business. – Proverb

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Hark ye of little pleasure! See your way clearly as your destiny reveals its truth! Seek not completion lest your touch be forever dismissed! – My wordfriend, the always conversationally frisky Tim Irwin, 2014

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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. – Joseph Addison

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Sports is all about money. – Lynn Samuels

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