“in trying to enjoy the pleasures of sense, we lose in the end even our capacity for enjoyment. All this is passing before our very eyes, but there are none so blind as those who will not see.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: From Gandhi's An Autobiography (Experiments with Truth); a mid-passage line on sense-pleasure closing with the proverb 'none so blind as those who will not see.'
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Chase sensory pleasure hard enough and it quietly turns on you: the more you pile on, the less any single helping registers, until the capacity for delight itself wears thin. The pattern is easy to watch and easy to deny, which is why people keep reaching for more of what no longer satisfies.
When to use it
- Someone who eats richly every night until an ordinary good meal stops tasting like anything special.
- A person scrolling endless clips who can no longer sit through the film they were excited to watch.
- A shopper whose constant small luxuries stop giving even a flicker of the thrill they once did.