“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”
“To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.”
“To secure the greatest amount of pleasure with the least possible outlay should be the aim of all economic effort.”
“The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.”
“Wise parents take simple actions early on so they can avoid having to take very painful ones later.”
“They say though that we do more to avoid pain than we do to gain pleasure. So it is when the pain becomes too much that we finally find the courage to make changes.”