Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
This my goodness does to endow the souls of the just more fully with spiritual riches when for my love they are… — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
The splendor of a human heart that trusts it is loved unconditionally gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Here is a myth for you if myths are your pleasure: "There is no more opportunity in this world." Most people held… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
It is a rare man who can prevail in the face of comfort. Freedom is fragile and elusive, for rarely does the… — Terry Rossio Copy Share Image
When she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it.… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings,… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
Outward, thanks to the knowledge of physical laws, man could subdue (or subjugate...) nature, but inwardly, he remained a slave to it.… — African Spir Copy Share Image
My taste changes radically all the time, and I listen to whatever feels good. Another thing is that I'm in the studio… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
Other passions have objects to flatter them, and seem to content and satisfy them for a while; there is power in ambition,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
And I wanted to tell her that the pleasure for me wasn't planning or doing or leaving; the pleasure was in seeing… — John Green Copy Share Image
He bit the inside of his cheek, Death purring wildy. The pleasure of her touch, even one so innocent, rocked him to… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
Joy is what we are, not what we must get. Joy is the realization that all we want or need in life… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
How would you describe the spiritual aroma of your home? The source of this aroma is the relationship between husband and wife.… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
What first truly stirred my soul was not fear or pain, nor was it pleasure or games; it was the yearning for… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Youth might be wise; we suffer less from pains than pleasures. — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
Now, I was a fan of the simple pleasures in life: grilled cheese sandwiches without black flecks on the crust, jeans that… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
What is required is the finding of that Immovable Point within one's self, which is not shaken by any of those tempests… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Riches are valuable at all times, and to all men, because they always purchase pleasures such as men are accustomed to and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Haven't you noticed that we women daydream infinitely less than you men? We can't anticipate pleasure in our imagination or keep suffering… — Jens Peter Jacobsen Copy Share Image
What good does it do to have all the riches of the world and all the world's pleasures? They will all disappear… — Rama Swami Copy Share Image
Reading was such an enrichment of my life. And it was that pleasure that I had as a very young reader probably… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I'm not sure the risks I take are any different from what other writers take, since we all serve at the pleasure… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God’s glory, and my own good, profit and pleasure, in… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
