Quotes about Pleasure

She often climbed up the hill and lay there alone for the mere pleasure of feeling the wind and of rubbing her cheeks in the grass. Generally at such times she did not think of anything, but lay immersed in an in an inarticulate well-being.

We can think that God is good, and we are pleased with him, though we might be pleased less with him than we are with the ease of our lives. Then, when life is hard—especially when life remains hard—the allegiances of our hearts.

Obedience to Christ is not a burden to bear. Instead it points the way to being truly human—an unfettered conscience, an unhindered nearness to him, and the pleasure of his hospitality and protection.

Imagine having drug cravings subdued by the joy of knowing and obeying Christ. Imagine having temptations lose their allure because there is more pleasure in walking humbly with our God. Imagine waking up and strategizing how to please the God who loves you rather than where you will get your next drink. This would be freedom. Sound impossible? It isn't.

Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

One advantage of not being in power is that we can dream of reshaping the world exactly as we please.

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

We go on in our pleasures thinking they're going to last forever.

W]hen the pleasure is at the sweetest, death is the nearest (461)[.]

The work of God needs to be done. Souls must not perish while you give your attention to your worldly business or worldly pleasure, take your ease, or quarrel with your brethren.