From The World's Religions book:
"In the bottomless ocean of pleasure," he wrote in his Journal, "I have sounded in vain for a spot to cast anchor. I have felt the almost irresistible power with which one pleasure drags another after it, the kind of adulterated enthusiasm which it is capable of producing, the boredom, the torment which follow."
"To try to extinguish the drive for riches with money is like trying to quench a fire by pouring butter over it."
Interesting, I had a similar quote underlined from the book as well "All f us dwell on the brink of the infinite ocean of life's creative power."
ReplyDeleteBut I went with the monkey/sex analogy instead :O