Quotes on “pleasure”

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

Sleep my little baby-ohSleep until you wakenWhen you wake you'll see the worldIf I'm not mistaken...Kiss a loverDance a measure,Find your nameAnd buried treasure...Face your lifeIts pain, Its pleasure,Leave no path untaken.

Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.

Kiss a lover, Dance a measure, Find your name And buried treasure. Face your life, It's pain, It's pleasure, Leave no path untaken.

And yet it takes only the smallest pleasure or pain to teach us time’s malleability.

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

In the midst of happiness or despairin sorrow or in joyin pleasure or in pain:Do what is right and you will be at peace.

Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.

...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

Laughter is more than just a pleasurable activity...When people laugh together, they tend to talk and touch more and to make eye contact more frequently.

My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.