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> [It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/it-is-the-paradox-of-life-that-the-way-to-miss-pleasure-is-to-seek-it/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

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## More by Hugh Black

> [In the relationship of friends: "Each gives to the other, and each receives, and the fruit of the intercourse is more than either in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/in-the-relationship-of-friends-each-gives-to-the-other-and-each/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [Friendship cannot become permanent unless it becomes spiritual. There must be fellowship in the deepest things of the soul, community in the highest thoughts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/friendship-cannot-become-permanent-unless-it-becomes-spiritual-there/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [Friends should be chosen by a higher principle of selection than any worldly one. They should be chosen for character, for goodness, for truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/friends-should-be-chosen-by-a-higher-principle-of-selection-than-any/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [Friendship means to be a strong hand in the dark to another in the time of need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/friendship-means-to-be-a-strong-hand-in-the-dark-to-another-in-the/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [Only God can fully satisfy the hungry heart of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/only-god-can-fully-satisfy-the-hungry-heart-of-man/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [No friendship has done its work until it reaches the supremest satisfaction of spiritual communion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/no-friendship-has-done-its-work-until-it-reaches-the-supremest/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [“Satire is negative truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/satire-is-negative-truth/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [At the heart of happiness lies peace. It is the last and the highest attainment of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/at-the-heart-of-happiness-lies-peace-it-is-the-last-and-the-highest/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [A man's inner nature is revealed by what he praises-a man is self-judged by what he says of others. Thus a man is judged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/a-man-s-inner-nature-is-revealed-by-what-he-praises-a-man-is-self/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [If happiness is a state of the inward life, we have to look for its chief obstructions not in outward conditions but in deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/if-happiness-is-a-state-of-the-inward-life-we-have-to-look-for-its/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/it-is-the-paradox-of-life-that-the-way-to-miss-pleasure-is-to-seek-it/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [We walk among worlds unrealized until we have learned the secret of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/we-walk-among-worlds-unrealized-until-we-have-learned-the-secret-of/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [Prayer is not an act of worship merely, the bending of the knee on set occasions, and offering petitions in need. It is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/prayer-is-not-an-act-of-worship-merely-the-bending-of-the-knee-on-set/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [What we feel is as true a fact as what we think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/what-we-feel-is-as-true-a-fact-as-what-we-think/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

> [The fear of God kills all other fears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-black/the-fear-of-god-kills-all-other-fears/)

[Hugh Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-black/)

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