If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body a slave.

We would be foolish to place a high value on sexual relations and more foolish still to disrupt our life in order to experience such relations.

Pleasure is always stolen, never given. Happiness is always given, never stolen.

The dopamine hit you get from completing a task lasts longer than the one from momentary pleasure.

Addiction is when you do something you don't want to do, but you cannot not do it.

The brain's reward system is designed to make survival pleasurable, not to make you happy.

Instant gratification comes at the cost of long-term satisfaction.

Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.

The most dangerous dopamine hits are the ones that require no effort.

Your phone is a slot machine in your pocket - designed to keep you pulling the lever.

True contentment comes from meaningful work, not momentary pleasure.

The modern world is a dopamine carnival, and we're all addicts.

Resist the cheap dopamine of consumption; pursue the expensive dopamine of creation.

Your attention is the most valuable currency you have - don't spend it on cheap dopamine.

The pursuit of pleasure leads to suffering; the pursuit of meaning leads to fulfillment.

Dopamine is not the problem - it's the master. The problem is what we've trained it to reward.

Every time you choose discipline over desire, you rewrite your brain's reward pathways.

The most satisfying dopamine comes from overcoming resistance.

Your brain doesn't know the difference between real achievement and simulated achievement - choose wisely what you celebrate.