ومن المفارقة أنّ الخوف يُحقّق ما يخافه المرء، وكذلك القصد القسري يُفسد ما يريده المرء بإلحاح... فاللذة عرضٌ جانبيّ، وينبغي أن تبقى كذلك، وهي تفسد وتضمحلّ بقدر ما تُتّخذ غايةً في ذاتها.

“Ironically enough, in the same way that fear brings to pass what one is afraid of, likewise a forced intention makes impossible what one forcibly wishes... Pleasure is, and must remain, a side-effect or by-product, and is destroyed and spoiled to the degree to which it is made a goal in itself.”Viktor E. Frankl — Man's Search for Meaning (2006)