How singular is the thing called pleasure and how curiously related to pain, which might be thought to be the opposite of it... yet he who pursues either is generally compelled to take the other; their bodies are two but they are joined by the same head. -- SOCRATES

Pain and pleasure... [t]he two sensations work together so closely they sometimes become almost indistinguishable. Pain is an essential component of our most satisfying experiences. -- PHILIP YANCEY, author Where Is God When It Hurts

At one time, I thought pain as the opposite of happiness. I would have illustrated life by drawing a graph with a peak at each end and a trough in the middle. The peak at the left would represent the experience of pain or acute happiness. The peak at the right would represent happiness or ecstasy. In between is quiet, normal living. My goal, I thought, was to face firmly toward happiness and away from pain. But now I see things differently. If I drew such a graph today, it would have a single, central peak with a surrounding plain. The peak would be Life with a capital L, the point at which pain and pleasure meet. The surrounding plain would be sleep or apathy or death." -- DR. PAUL BRAND, author The Gift of Pain

maybe with sensual pleasures. the more you indulge in sensual pleasure the more likely you reach the point of pain: too much eating, drinking etc result to some kind of pain. thus for the greeks virtue consists in moderation, neither too much nor too little.

but it may not be so with mental pleasures like peace of mind, freedom from worries and anxieties.

“When we say that pleasure is an end, we do not mean the pleasure of the profligate or that which depends on physical enjoyment… we mean a state wherein the body is free from pain and the mind from anxiety.” --Epicurus

mao diayng daghan kaayo ang mu-indulge anang Bondage sah? hehehe!

according to newtons 3rd law: for every action there's an equal but opposite reaction

therefore for every pain you gain there's always an equal pleasure you will receive.. nyahahah
buot2 desu ne...