“To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.”

“A little foolishness, enough 2 enjoy life, & a little wisdom to avoid the errors, that will do”

“Buddah says once you understand that you are lost and you have to find your own way and there is no help coming, you become responsible. Prayer is irresponsible. To pray is just to avoid responsibility, to pray is to be lazy. To pray is just an escape. Buddha says effort is needed. It is an insult to pray.”

“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”

“There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain. ”

“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.”

“The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.”