1,170 Quotes About Pleasure

I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a singular course to reconcile my ideas with the exigencies of Academy rules. They ask me for something religious: very well, I shall do something religious, but of the pagan religion. . . . I have always read the ancient pagans with infinite pleasure, while in Christian writers I find only system, egoism, intolerance, and a complete lack of artistic taste.

The pleasure is unique and the one that reaches its effect will remembers it later. Joy is proper to being. It does not cease its durability and has no time to end.

It was wonderful to see the sparkle back in her eyes. He wanted to keep it there. For the first time in years he’d found himself actually caring about how someone else felt. He’d been spending so much time being a tough successful businessman that he’d almost forgotten how pleasurable it was to help make other people happy.

You were given your sensuality for the joy you may give in return.

What joy! What freedom! To enjoy everything without wanting to possess anything.

... pleasure is a lightning-bolt that leaves no trace…

Pure thought is a pleasureable therapy.

Freedom, where are you? Who holds you back? [...] The mother of wit and pleasure, Oh freedom!

Decide to be happy under all conditions, let happiness be your habit.