All too often, as we know from experience, people do not choose life; they do not accept the gospel of life, but… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Reverence is an ennobling sentiment; it is felt to be degrading only by the vulgar mind, which would escape the sense of… — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
“We read the pagan sacred books with profit and delight. With myth and fable we are ever charmed, and find a pleasure… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Theodosius was chaste and temperate; he enjoyed, without excess, the sensual and social pleasures of the table, and the warmth of his… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
... don't ever underestimate people, don't ever underestimate the pleasure they receive from viewing pain that is not their own... Pain by… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Welcome home, Rachel mariana Morgan, he said, his goat-slitted eyes holding a new, dangerous light. It's a pleasure to finally meet you. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Ill-luck is, in nine cases out of ten, the result of taking pleasure first and duty second, instead of duty first and… — Theodore T. Munger Copy Share Image
There was something terribly enthralling in the exercise of influence. No other activity was like it. To project one's soul into some… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The fruition of what is unlawful must be followed by remorse. The core sticks in the throat after the apple is eaten,… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
The whole business of smoking is like forcing yourself to wear tight shoes just to get the pleasure of taking them off. — Allen Carr Copy Share Image
I believe that earning your living doing something you enjoy is one of the very best ways to nourish yourself. But even… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Wine was created with man in mind, for his pleasure and relaxation, a balm to his good health. — Andrew Sharp Copy Share Image
The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
“To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
The Greatest evils inflicted by man over the face of the Earth are wrought not by the self-seekers, the pleasure lovers, or… — Robert Morrison MacIver Copy Share Image
A life alert to simple pleasures, with perception cultivated and attuned to beauty, and a large capacity for friendship can serve us… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
The selfishness of an age that has devoted itself to the mere cult of pleasure has tainted the whole human race with… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
If there is pain, use it as an awareness, as meditation, as a sharpening of the soul. And when pleasure is there,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
That god forbid, that made me first your slave, I should in thought control your times of pleasure, Or at your hand… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of… — James Naismith Copy Share Image
