“Happiness is the longing for repetition.”
“And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.”
“Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure”
“The essential matrimonial facts: that to be happy you have to find variety in repetition; that to go forward you have to come back to where you begin.”
“But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.”
“The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning.”