A great pleasure in
life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Gagehot
Anticipation
of pleasure is, in itself, a very considerable pleasure. - David
Hume
As
a grim skull lies covered beneath the fairest face; so does an abyss
of torment lie beneath the surface of the glittering sea of sensual
pleasure and dissipation. - William Scott Downey
As
an experience, pleasure is ... a filling up of the cup, the supplying
of a need. And the deeper the draft upon vital resources, the greater
the fulfilment of desire. - William Ernest Hocking
Do
not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the
young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to
come. - Chinua Achebe
Do not bite at the bait of
pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. - Thomas Jeffeson
During
the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so
inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature, that though
they are forbidden, it is but natural to wish that they were at least
allowable. - Jean de la Bruyere
Every
moment of pleasure in life has to be purchased by an equal moment of
pain. - Danilo O’Dell
Every
nerve that can thrill with pleasure, can also agonize with pain. -
Horace Mann
Forbidden pleasures alone are
loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. - Marcus Fabius
Quintilian
How
much pleasure will you allow yourself? Many people have an invisible
quota in their minds for the amount of joy they will permit
themselves to experience. They become so busy living life that they
view pleasure as a luxury they simply do not have time for. Things
like lovemaking or playing take a back-seat to the everyday motions
of living. However, your life simply will not work as well when you
deny yourself pleasure. The old adage of all work and no play making
you dull is quite true; you may find yourself living a rather
colorless life if you do not pause every now and then to indulge your
senses. Pleasure is like the oil that keeps the machine of your life
running smoothly. Without it, the gears stick and you will most
likely break down. - Cherie Carter-Scott
If by giving up small pleasures,
great happiness is to be found, the wise should give
up small pleasures, seeing the prospect of great happiness. - The Buddha
If
pleasure is what you want, do not suppress the desire. Seek it
intelligently. - Huston Smith
In diving to the bottom of
pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. - Honor De Balzac
Man will endure
a lot of pain to obtain a little pleasure. - Unknown
Many a man
thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. - Benjamin
Franklin
People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other
people have been left out of the pleasure. - Russell Baker
Past
pleasures are of as little comfort to a man as the money in his
neighbour’s pocket. - Abraham Miller
Pleasure
and action make the hours seem short. - Iago
Pleasure
and pain seem to have been accidentally cast in the same mould. -
Lewis F. Korns
Pleasure
is a harmony – that is, a fitting together – a fitting of an
external object with a mood or want within ourselves. - Herbert
Maxwell
Pleasure
is a hedonistic reflex, a burning impulse to abandon rational thought
altogether and immerse oneself in the moment. - Gene Wallenstein
Pleasure
is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from
within. - Eckhart Tolle
Pleasure
is labour too, and tires as much. - William Cowper
Pleasure
is the business of the young, business the pleasure of the old. -
Fluke Greville
Pleasure
is the flower that fades, remembrance is the lasting perfume. - Bruce
Lee
Pleasure
is the physical manifestation of joy. - Cherie Carter-Scott
Pleasure
is the sun of the morning, the cloud of the meridian, and the storm
of the evening. - William Scott Downey
Pleasure
is the structure of society. From childhood until death we are
secretly, cunningly or obviously pursuing pleasure. So whatever our
form of pleasure is, I think we should be very clear about it because
it is going to guide and shape our lives. It is therefore important
for each one of us to investigate closely, hesitantly and delicately
this question of pleasure, for to find pleasure, and then nourish and
sustain it, is a basic demand of life and without it existence
becomes dull, stupid, lonely and meaningless. - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Pleasure
is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of
gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which
scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up
without culture from seeds scattered by chance. - Samuel Johnson
Pleasure derived
from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures. - Richard L. Evans
Pleasure
is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man. - Muhammad
Ali
Pleasure is very
seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly
kindled by unexpected sparks. - Samuel Johnson
Pleasure
to me is wonder – the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is
hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial
mutability. To trace the remote in the immediate; the eternal in the
ephemeral; the past in the present; the infinite in the finite; these
are to me the springs of delight and beauty. - H. P. Lovecraft
Pleasure,
like a kind of bait, is thrown before everything which is really bad,
and easily allures greedy souls to the hook of perdition. - Epictetus
So called
pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments. - Seneca
That
man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. - Henry
David Thoreau
The
choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation. -
Martin Farquhar Tupper
The
excess of delight palls our appetites rather than pleases. - Wellins
Calcott
The
fact that all animals and men pursue pleasure is some indication that
it is in some way the highest good. - Aristotle
The
majority of mankind would seem to be beguiled into error by pleasure,
which, not being really a good, yet seems to be so. So that they
indiscriminately choose as good whatsoever gives them pleasure, while
they avoid all pain alike as evil. - Aristotle
The more a man
finds his sources of pleasure in himself, the happier he will be. . . . The
highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind. - Arthur Schopenhauer
The
pleasure of any incident, whether it is of a sunset, or sexual, or
any sensory pleasure, is recorded and thought over. So thought as
pleasure plays a tremendous part in our life. Something happened
yesterday which was a most lovely thing, a most happy event, it is
recorded; thought comes upon it, chews it and keeps on thinking about
it and wants it repeated tomorrow, whether it be sexual or otherwise.
So thought gives vitality to an incident that is over. - Jiddu
Krishnamurti
The pleasure we
derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not
altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. - Eric Hoffer
The
pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight. -
Epictetus
The
pleasure-pain mechanism in the body of man – and in the bodies of
all the living organisms that possess the faculty of consciousness –
serves as an automatic guardian of the organism's life. The physical
sensation of pleasure is a signal indicating that the organism is
pursuing the right course of action. The physical sensation
of pain is a warning signal of danger, indicating that the organism
is pursuing the wrong course of action, that something is
impairing the proper function of its body. - Ayn Rand
They
that seldom take pleasure, seldom give pleasure. - Fluke Greville
True
pleasures are paid for in advance; false pleasures afterwards, with
heavy and compound interest. - John Lubbock
We
are prone to seek immediate pleasure or good, however small, rather
than remote pleasure or good, however vast. - Horace Mann
We cannot be more sensitive to
pleasure without being more sensitive to pain. - Alan Watts
When
happiness was a matter of pleasure, and pleasure a matter of taste,
one could be happy simply by rolling in filth. -
Darrin M. McMahon
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. - Jane Austen
Your
body can be one of the greatest sources of pleasure when you open
your five senses fully and experience the physical wonder of being
alive. Pleasure can come in the form of sight, like when you see a
magnificent sunset, or taste, like when you eat a favourite food. It
can come as a glorious musical sound or the soft touch of a lover.
The only secret to learning the lesson of pleasure is to make time
and space for it in your life. -
Cherie Carter-Scott
