Absorption Quote by Emily Haines

When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and…

— Henry David Thoreau

Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it.

— Margaret Drabble

The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it.

— Margaret Drabble

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

Excitement and reward exist only outside your comfort zone. You'll experience neither of them until you make yourself do something you really don't want…

— Roy H. Williams

Most people lead lives of frustration and disapointment. They enjoy temporary pleasures and long-lasting suffering.

— Frederick Lenz

Such is the emptiness of human enjoyment that we are always impatient of the present. Attainment is followed by neglect, and possession by disgust.

— Samuel Johnson

Being young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever human beings have called…

— David Whyte

In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the…

— John Tillotson

There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.

— Max Eastman

A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving…

— Bertrand Russell

“Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talk that would describe it…

— E.M. Forster