No pleasure is evil in itself; but the means by which certain pleasures are gained bring pains many times greater than the… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
In educating the young we steer them by the rudders of pleasure and pain — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I sit down on my sofa and I turn on 'Judge Judy.' That's my guilty pleasure. I could do a whole day… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Irrfan is a very normal, laidback, regular guy. It has always been a pleasure and great fun working with him. — Konkona Sen Sharma Copy Share Image
One of life's most simple pleasures is spending time with those we love... — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
The pleasures of relaxed chat, of casual conversation, encourage the ethnographer in everyone — Richard Sennett Copy Share Image
Am I alone in my egotism when I say that never does the pale light of dawn filter through the blinds of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Happiness not only needs no justification, but it is also the only final test of whether what I am doing is right… — Marion Milner Copy Share Image
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Pleasure is our first and kindred good. It is the starting point of every choice and of every aversion, and to it… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Love is not always doing what brings pleasure; love is also doing what is good for someone, whatever the cost at the… — Linda Goodman Copy Share Image
“In life you find pleasure. In life you find pain. Pain and pleasure is an example of the duality in life. Enjoy… — J.R. Rim Copy Share Image
What I feel personally and what I can act are two different things. Maybe one of the great pleasures of my job… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Life as a therapist is a life of service in which we daily transcend our personal wishes and turn our gaze toward… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
He went to church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and fro, and patted children on the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing -… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
The mother as a social servant instead of a home servant will not lack in true mother duty. From her work, loved… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“Oftentimes in denying yourself pleasure you do but store the desire in the recesses of your being. Who knows but that which… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
There is such pleasure in long-term marriage that I really would hate to be my age and not have had a long-term… — Cokie Roberts Copy Share Image
The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share Image
“When you die, God and the Angels will hold you accountable for all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you… — Roger Housden Copy Share Image
Of the few innocent pleasures left to men past middle life, the jamming of common sense down the throats of fools is… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
“He's always, always in my mind — not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself —… — Emily Brontë Copy Share Image
I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
All change is nothing but a decision. All decisions are controlled by what we link to pain and pleasure. — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Being a professional philosopher is, I would say, feeling natural to think about small and great problems. It is the only pleasure. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death? — Novalis Copy Share Image
Cheese, in any form, is my guilty pleasure. I would rather have a cheese platter for dinner than any meal. There's nothing… — Christine Taylor Copy Share Image
What I did was not for sexual pleasure. Rather it brought me some peace of mind. — Andrei Chikatilo Copy Share Image
There comes a time when you should stop trying to please everyone and just focus on pleasing yourself. — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
Habit is a second nature, and what was at first pleasure, is next necessity. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Happiness is so nonsynonymous with joy or pleasure that it is not infrequently sought and felt in grief and deprivation. — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
