“Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.”

“Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.”

“He was a very charming man, ... It was a pleasure to have him in our school district.”

Love that causes you pain is better than hate that brings you pleasure.

The sweet pleasure of your own joy and success is a cultivation of both the heart and mind.

Writing is my pleasure and the play,where I find myself again and again.

Pleasure depends on circumstances, but Christian joy is completely independent of health, money, or surroundings.

When greed is enthroned, be it in a community or nation, ungodliness is celebrated at the altar of human pleasure.

Ungodliness is confronting the society and everyone seems to be at its mercy because of greed for pleasure.

For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths…