
Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.
topic: Reality, May, Illusion, Pleasure And Happiness
True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness, Intemperance, Life And Happiness
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
topic: Life, Happiness, Thinking, Pleasures Of Life, Pleasure And Happiness
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
topic: Happiness, Creativity, Zest, Joy Happiness, Joy Within
Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
topic: Happiness, Happy, Dog, Stop Smoking, Pleasure And Happiness
topic: Inspirational, Sex, Giving, Caress, Admiring
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
source: Walter Bagehot (1858). “Estimates of Some Englishmen and Scotchmen”, p.272
topic: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Life Is Not Worth Living, Just Live Your Life
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
topic: Wise, Pain, Philosophical, Pain And Pleasure, Pleasures Of Life
topic: Happy, Sparks, Unexpected, Looking For Happiness, Perfect Happiness
source: Georges Bataille (1972). “My mother”, Jonathan Cape
topic: Happiness, Poison, Fruit, Tainted, Pleasure And Happiness
topic: Happiness, Happy, Determination, Pleasure And Happiness, Fugitive
Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
topic: Happiness, Joy, Lasts, Joy And Happiness, Happy Thoughts
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
topic: Happiness, Patience, Time, Hurrying, Breathless
source: Aristotle (2015). “The Aristotle Collection [50 Books]”, Catholic Way Publishing
topic: Pleasure And Happiness, Busy Man
But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flower
topic: Flower, Poppies, Pleasure, Pleasures Of Life, Snow Falling
The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.
topic: Happiness, Way, Pleasure, Pleasure And Happiness, Found Happiness
Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever . . .
source: 'Tam o' Shanter' (1791) l. 59
topic: Fall, Rivers, White, Pleasures Of Life, Snow Falling
source: Joseph Addison (1793). “A Collection of Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments”, p.336
topic: Life, Happiness, Men, Pleasures Of Life, Pleasure And Happiness
topic: Love, Fun, Too Much, Pleasure And Happiness, Too Much Fun
source: 'Tam o' Shanter' (1791) l. 59
topic: Flower, Fall, Rivers, Pleasures Of Life, Snow Falling
Pleasures don't last like the snow falls in the river, a moment white - then melts for ever.
source: Minette Walters (2010). “The Ice House”, p.17, Pan Macmillan
topic: Fall, Rivers, White, Pleasures Of Life, Snow Falling
source: Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action”, p.4, Advaita Ashrama
topic: Teacher, Pain, Mistake, Pleasure And Happiness
topic: Pain, Eye, Doors, Pain And Sorrow, Pleasure And Happiness
topic: Pain, Men, Profound, Pleasure And Happiness
topic: Happiness, Gleam, Taste, Pleasure And Happiness
source: Sri Swami Satchidananda (1984). “Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, Integral Yoga Dist
topic: Worst Enemy, Suffering, Unhappy, Pleasure And Happiness, Unhappy Life
topic: Art, Home, Accomplishment, Pleasure And Happiness, Special Occasion
source: "Everyday Life in the Modern World".
topic: Creative, Overcoming, New Horizons, Pleasure And Happiness
topic: Reading, Sadness, Alive, Pleasure And Happiness
Fun comes hard - like, alas, its prarens, pleasure and happiness, whom we have to pursue.
topic: Fun, Pleasure, Pursue, Pleasure And Happiness