Adversity Quote by Elisabeth Elliot

“Saint Augustine consolingly codified unhappiness as an immutable feature of existence, part of "the wretchedness of man's situation," and poured scorn on "all those…

— Alain de Botton

“Augustine reflects that “what made me a slave to it was the habit [consuetudo] of satisfying an insatiable lust.”31”

— Elaine Pagels

We can’t turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such pleasures as are worthy of us and our immortal souls.

— Anonymous

“Without patience and interest, one will only have access to immediate pleasures—which are good, but much lower in quality than the pleasures gained over…

— Olivier Magny

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes, and seeing them…

— Samuel Johnson

“It isn’t easy in our complicated world to enjoy the pleasures of ordinary living—children, family, neighborhood, nature, walking, gathering, eating together. I imagine life…

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

“The positive sum of pleasures in a modern man's life is undoubtedly greater than was to be found in more primitive communities, but the…

— Bertrand Russell

The promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately…

— Philip Yancey

Our pleasures were simple - they included survival.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“St. Augustine wrote something once, something I think about often,” he said. “ ‘God triumphs on the ruins of our plans.’ And maybe that is…

— Anne Rice

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

— Thomas Aquinas

“wonder at the short-sightedness of men who seek enjoyment and happiness here on earth: toiling, suffering, struggling, and harming one another, to obtain that…

— Leo Tolstoy