Epicurus Pleasure Quotations

I spit upon luxurious pleasures, not for their own sake, but because of the inconveniences that follow them.

Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure.

Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good

We begin every act of choice and avoidance from pleasure, and it is to pleasure that we return using our experience of pleasure as the criterion of every good thing.

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.

All sensations are true; pleasure is our natural goal.

The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.