Competence Quote by Alexander Pope

Pleasure, when it is a man's chief purpose, disappoints itself; and the constant application to it palls the faculty of enjoying it.

— Richard Steele

Life is to be enjoyed, not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival.

— Willard Gaylin

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

— Philip Johnson

Joy and pleasure is at the end of the justice. A right understanding of who God is and who we are in His creation.

— Sho Baraka

Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these.

— Alexander Pope

Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness

— Ramana Maharshi

For what pleasure can compare the pleasure of bringing joy and hope to other hearts. The more we make others happy the greater will…

— Shoghi Effendi

The more we allow ourselves to enjoy, the more reasons we find to be joyful.

— Marianne Williamson

The variety of all things forms a pleasure.

— Euripides

Joy is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.

— Oprah Winfrey

The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure - that is the choicest of all.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

— Epicurus