Pleasure Quotes

4661 Pleasure quotes by 2495 unique authors

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. — Jeremy Bentham
All my life I have worked to be able to earn my living, but I thought that one could do good painting without attracting attention… — Paul Cezanne
When indeed Religion is kindled into enthusiasm, its force like that of other passions is increased by the sympathy of a multitude. But enthusiasm is… — James Madison
In real meditation you forget the body. You may be cut to pieces and not feel it at all. You feel such pleasure in it.… — Swami Vivekananda
Not even the deepest sleep will give you such a rest as meditation can. The mind goes on jumping even in deepest sleep. Just those… — Swami Vivekananda
The pleasure of love is in loving. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Kind words are such a blessing to the needful, if one but knew the pleasure that they bring. — John McLeod
There is one regard in which bullies show real perception when compared with their victims; it is their silent good-natured pleasure of the moment. — Thornton Wilder
In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure. — Aristotle
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure no slight pleasure. — Michel de Montaigne
The organizations of the future will increasingly depend on the creativity of their members to survive. Great Groups offer a new model in which the… — Warren G. Bennis
A few years make such havoc in human generations that we soon see ourselves deprived of those with whom we entered the world, and whom… — Lyndon B. Johnson
The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon… — W. Somerset Maugham
All that lives is striving for happiness; yet a thousand and one pains and fears attend upon every pleasure which man seeks through the ignorance… — Meher Baba
To start with, you should have an attitude of gratitude. Without an attitude of gratitude, neither prosperity nor pleasure, joy nor happiness means anything, and… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Ordinarily, even when people become religious, they go on thinking in terms of having - possessing heaven or possessing the pleasures of heaven - but… — Rajneesh
For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness. — Oprah Winfrey
Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things. — Robert Louis Stevenson
I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility… — Thomas Jefferson
Remember remain alert that you don't get too much attached to the accidental - and all is accidental except your consciousness. Except your awareness, all… — Rajneesh
If there is pain, use it as an awareness, as meditation, as a sharpening of the soul. And when pleasure is there, use it as… — Rajneesh
The terrorist attacks were a tragedy for the people who died or were injured, and for their families and friends. For the rest of us,… — Julie Burchill
I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality in all the… — Bell Hooks
Life is both pleasure and pain, is it not? But why should we cling to pleasure and avoid pain? Why not merely live with both?… — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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