Against Other Things It Is Possible To

The Flesh Believes That Pleasure Is Limitless And That It Requires Unlimited Time; But The Mind, Understanding The End And Limit Of The Flesh And Ridding Itself Of Fears Of The Future, Secures A Complete Life And Has No Longer Any Need For Unlimited Time.

The Magnitude Of Pleasure Reaches Its Limit In The Removal Of All Pain. When Such Pleasure Is Present, So Long As It Is Uninterrupted, There Is No Pain Either Of Body Or Of Mind Or Of Both Together.

I Spit Upon Luxurious Pleasures, Not For Their Own Sake, But Because Of The Inconveniences That Follow Them.

When We Say That Pleasure Is The End, We Do Not Mean The Pleasure Of The Profligate Or That Which Depends On Physical Enjoyment--as Some Think Who Do Not Understand Our Teachings, Disagree With Them, Or Give Them An Evil Interpretation--but By Pleasure We Mean The State Wherein The Body Is Free From Pain And The Mind From Anxiety.

Death Is Meaningless To The Living Because They Are Living, And Meaningless To The Dead… Because They Are Dead.