Benefits Quote by Samuel Johnson

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Pleasure of every kind quickly satisfies.

— Edmund Burke

We all live in the hope of pleasing somebody; and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and always will be greatest, when…

— Samuel Johnson

Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What…

— Anonymous

“Being mindful of our feelings we will get Delighted. The quality of life is in proportion of our capacity to get delighted. The capacity…

— Natasa Pantovic Nuit

Thus also every keen pleasure is an error and an illusion, for no attained wish can give lasting satisfaction.

— Anonymous

“When the mind experiences something pleasant, it craves that the pleasure will remain and will intensify. Therefore, the mind is always dissatisfied and restless.…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Though selfishness hath defiled the whole man, yet sensual pleasure is the chief part of its interest, and, therefore, by the senses it commonly…

— Richard Baxter

The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Who pleasure gives, Shall joy receive

— Benjamin Franklin

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

The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure - that is the choicest of all.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne