Affluence Quote by Jesse Schell

The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such…

— Paul Bloom

Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do.

— J. I. Packer

The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury,…

— Oliver Goldsmith

What we enjoy, not what we possess, is ours, and in labouring for the possession of many things, we lose the power to enjoy…

— John Lancaster Spalding

Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.

— Democritus

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

— Marianne Williamson

Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.

— Anonymous

We become aware, however, that all customs, even the hardest, grow pleasanter and milder with time, and that the severest way of life may…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in a sense, on…

— Anonymous

We live in a culture where everything is designed for our comfort or entertainment but nothing satisfies. At our core, we remain insatiable, constantly…

— Daniel Pinchbeck

Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.

— Juvenal

That's an area of particular satisfaction, where we made a difference?

— Ken Paulson