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Pleasures Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.
- God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains.
- Earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy.
- We can rest contentedly in our sins and in our stupidities, and anyone who has watched gluttons shoveling down the most exquisite foods as if…
- I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
- Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his…
- Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
- You and I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual childhood back. We have kept its pleasures and added some grown-up…
- Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in a sense, on the…
- Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the sounds and silences…
- We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts…
- Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy. These…
- With my mother's death all settled happiness, all that was tranquil and reliable, disappeared from my life. There was to be much fun, many pleasures,…
- God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a…
- I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
More Pleasures Quotes
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson
- If people ever look down upon you for crying for fictional characters, you should give them a gentle, pitying look and feel… — Cassandra Clare
- It has been said that life has treated me harshly; and sometimes I have complained in my heart because many pleasures of… — Helen Keller
- Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. — Aristotle
- God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. — Francis Bacon
- The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and… — Honore de Balzac
- An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which… — Charles Baudelaire