Born Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

The goods of Fortune, even such as they really are, still need taste to enjoy them. It is the enjoying no the possessing, that…

— Michelangelo

We are born for meaning, not pleasure, unless it is pleasure that is steeped in meaning.

— Jacob Needleman

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and…

— Robert Greene

It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have a feeling…

— Jose Mujica

There is a plain distinction to be made betwixt pleasure and happiness. For tho' there can be no happiness without pleasure--yet the converse of…

— Laurence Sterne

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first.

— Hugh Black

It is essential to learn to enjoy life. It really does not make sense to go through the motions of existence if one does…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The truth is, we are a culture built on a reward system, and our instinctive pursuit of pleasure can often lead us astray. We…

— Dan Levy

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

Human beings are no longer born to their place in life...but are free to employ their faculties and such favorable chances as offer, to…

— John Stuart Mill

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness…

— Hugo Black

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