“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 noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.”
Chinese Proverbs
“Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.”
Chamfort
“God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.”
C.S. Lewis
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world”
“... the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.”
Dr. Carl Sagan
