The chemistry of dissatisfaction
The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes and stenches. Eric Hoffer
Stimulants
A sense of power
A sense of power is the most intoxicating stimulant a mortal can enjoy. Ellen Swallow Richards
Optimism is a kind
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant – the digitalis of failure. Elbert Hubbard
I have absolutely no
I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some … Read more
All that the world
All that the world most needs today, is combined in the most seductive manner in his art, — the three great stimulants of exhausted people: brutality, artificiality and innocence (idiocy). Friedrich Nietzsche
Strong hope is a
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be. Friedrich Nietzsche
Beautiful things grow to
Beautiful things grow to a certain height and then they fail and fade off, breathing out memories as they decay. And just as any period decays in our minds, the things of that period should decay too, and in that way they’re preserved for a while in the few hearts like mine that react to … Read more
… The truth of
… The truth of the matter is, that most English people don’t know how to make tea anymore either, and most people drink cheap instant coffee instead, which is a pity, and gives Americans the impression that the English are just generally clueless about hot stimulants. Douglas Adams
By creating an artificial
By creating an artificial environment, we’re not stimulating our immune system enough. Germs are immune-stimulants. They challenge you to be prepared. Deepak Chopra
Advertising as the printed
Advertising as the printed form of selling would seem . . . ultimately to be justified in so far as it serves as a means of increasing legitimate human wants, as an agency of fair and economic competition in the distribution of goods, and as a stimulant to social progress. Daniel Starch