Pleasure Quotes - Page 4

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God.

Reading is a pleasure, but to finish reading, to come to the blank space at the end, is also a pleasure.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

We have had enough, once and for all, of Hedonism--the gloomy philosophy which says that Pleasure is the only good.

The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.

Novelty is the storehouse of pleasure.

One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.

Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.

Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.

All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.

Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure.

Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.

The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling.

A good Havana is one of the best pleasures that I know.

I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. And that is why we find ourselves emptied of meaning with our pantries still full.

1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.

To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

There are many other pleasures - besides the pleasure of physical union.

To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

Pleasure, I remind myself, is inseparable from its lawfully wedded mate, pain.