(1167 quotes found)
“... 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
“People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover.”
Giotto di Bondone
“If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.”
Jimmy Buffett
“The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived”
Oscar Wilde
“Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making love while having a tooth pulled.”
Dean Koontz
“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.”
Samuel Butler
“Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.”
“Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains”
Democritus
“Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.”
Dale Carnegie
