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The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. — Mother Teresa

Happiness is the good life that is marked by flourishing well-being, joy, prosperity, peace, satisfaction, and pleasure. — Ogwo David Emenike

The artist is not born to a life of pleasure. He must not live idle; he has a hard work to perform, and one which often proves a cross to be borne. — Wassily Kandinsky

Waking up and having a project to work on is one of life's great pleasures. — Kelly Reichardt

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have leisure. — Aristotle.

I love pleasure of reading, writing and dancing. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Return again, return, life itself is calling you with all its pleasure and pain ... — Marion Zimmer Bradley

Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train. — Oscar Wilde

Some are cursed with the fullness of satiety; and how can they bear the ills of life when its very pleasures fatigue them? — Charles Caleb Colton

Happiness is not pleasure, it is a perception of bliss and the fragrance of a flower called service. — Debasish Mridha

Beauty, pleasure, and the good things of life are intensified, and perhaps only exist, by reason of contrast. — Walter J. Phillips

To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure. — Ben Jonson

It was a genuine pleasure to research and write about a woman from whom, as Life magazine correspondent David Zeitlin put it, there is no letting down — Estella M. Chung

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction. — Philip Johnson

Truly I am God's Beauty, His Trophy, His Outstretched Arms ... I am here for His Glory and Pleasure. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Writing is my pleasure and the play,
where I find myself again and again. — Debasish Mridha

And life in his mind gave him pleasure, such pleasure that pleasure was not the word. — Samuel Beckett

Reading - like masturbation - is something you do alone and very little in life brings more pleasure. — Chloe Thurlow

Life had taught her that consequences were ugly and painful, and seldom worth the pleasure they had been bartered for. — Amy Harmon

The attraction of a life devoted to sensation, pleasure and self would probably wear thin one day, but there was still plenty of time for that yet. — David Nicholls

I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends. — Cindy Morgan

If you want to experience all of the successes and pleasure in life, you have to be willing to accept all the pain and failure that comes with it. — Mat Hoffman

Wine is like many of the fine experiences in life which take time and experience to extract their full pleasure and meaning. — Douglas Preston

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea
do I have to choose between the two? — David Byrne

I prioritize my creative pleasure. I enjoy expressing my artistic side and receive the gifts of doing so. — Amy Leigh Mercree

I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is all I need from life. — Narendra Modi

If iT was Possible To Go The Way our Mind think and our Eyes Sometimes See, Life Will give more Pleasure to Us. — Jan Jansen

Life is a time when you get pleasure until somebody get your ass. and one of the ways to prolong pleasure is to not chop up time with syllables. — Padgett Powell

I use the film industry as a pleasure for work and that kind of thing and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life. — Thandie Newton

Partake of some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself. — Oprah Winfrey

And she realized, standing there, that in all her practical plans for marriage, she'd never thought about the simple pleasure of being loved. — Jude Watson

Luis hopes for heaven.
Keller fears hell.
Vera fears only death, and that because he takes such pleasure in life. — Don Winslow

I can only think how good life on earth can be, at times. What grief two people can give to one another! And what pleasure! — Hanif Kureishi

I had a moral tutor, but never saw him (the only words of his I remember are 'The three pleasures of life -drinking, smoking, and masturbation') — Philip Larkin

A life merely of pleasure, or chiefly of pleasure, is always a poor and worthless life. — Theodore W. Parker

May a man live well-enough and long-enough, to leave many joyful widows behind him. — Roman Payne

Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life. — Dale Carnegie

We can't turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such pleasures as are worthy of us and our immortal souls. — G.K. Chesterton

Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man's existence. — Joseph Wood Krutch

The noblest people are those despising wealth , learning , pleasure and life ; esteeming above them poverty , ignorance , hardship and death . — Diogenes

He took pleasure in her inconsequential talk just as he did in the sunshine and the snow. — Ursula K. Le Guin

If you have the spirit of understanding everything in a positive way, you will enjoy each and every moment of life, whether it's pressure or pleasure. — Rishika Jain

The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life. — Anthony Trollope

Life is to be enjoyed, not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival. — Willard Gaylin

Oh, the gallant fisher's life!It is the best of any;'T is full of pleasure, void of strife,And 't is beloved by many. — Izaak Walton

I look back with the greatest pleasure to the kindness and hospitality I met with in Yorkshire, where I spent some of the happiest years of my life. — Sabine Baring-Gould

The more worldly pleasure we enjoy, the less satisfied and contented we are with life. — Billy Graham

I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure. — Joan Collins

All pleasure is a vice, for seeking pleasure is what everybody does in life, and the only dark vice is doing what everybody does. — Fernando Pessoa

Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt. — Mignon McLaughlin

Between the banks of pleasure and pain flows the river of life. If you spend much time on either bank you will miss out on life. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Life gives pleasure only to those who explore themselves and discover their strength. — Rakesh Wadhwani

It is a known fact that pain and pleasure are the two most basic elements of life. But the secret is to simplify that fact. — Bauvard

Reading was such an enrichment of my life. And it was that pleasure that I had as a very young reader probably that is the origin of my vocation. — Mario Vargas-Llosa

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well. — Vivienne Westwood

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days. — L. Ron Hubbard

One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food — Edna Lewis

Far superior to the pleasures and rewards of the illusion that is Earthly life are the pleasure and rewards of the Reality. — Ian Gardner

And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink. — Honore De Balzac

A taste for books, which is still the pleasure and glory of my life. — Edward Gibbon

In life I've rung all changes through,
Run every pleasure down,
'Midst each excess of folly too,
And lived with half the town. — Anthony Trollope

In life there are two things which are dependable. The pleasures of the flesh and the pleasures of literature. — Sei Shonagon

I have a right to get pleasure out of life: and I will get it, cost what it may." "Then you will degenerate still more, sir. — Charlotte Bronte

what are inside books may not all that necessarily be different from what are outside books at all — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Life is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy. — Sathya Sai Baba

I find the joy of the 'doing' increases. Creativity increases. Intuition increases. The pleasure of life grows. And negativity recedes. — David Lynch

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business. — Aaron Burr

In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into immorality. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Yet these uneasy pleasures and fine pains are for curiosity, and not for life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I do have a childlike enthusiasm at times. I certainly enjoy life and get pleasure sometimes in childish things. — Brian Baumgartner

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain. — Saint Augustine

Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and pain, fame and disripute, these are just the worldly winds of existence. — T. Scott McLeod

Both pleasure and devotion require a stress-free space in which to flourish ... — Elizabeth Gilbert

Pleasure and Pain participate equally in moulding character. — Abhijit Naskar

When all of life becomes crowded with profound and weighty matters, making time to engage in trivial things becomes an even greater priority. — Galen Beckett

Cram as much pleasure as you can into life, and rail against the pain that you have to suffer as a result. — Shane MacGowan

Remember that life is neither pain nor pleasure; it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit of self-sacrifice. — Alexis De Tocqueville

Satan is never your well-wisher. Get the pleasure of making him annoyed on you by doing good deeds — Munia Khan

What we are really living for is the experience of life, both the pain and the pleasure. — Joseph Campbell

You know the good thing with hardships and moving on?
you'll surely taste the pleasure of getting up and do more. Be better! — Ira N. Barin

Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life. — Rabindranath Tagore

You are happy when you are enthusiastic and action-oriented, not when you are luxury and pleasure oriented. — Debasish Mridha

I write because I can remember and to keep those memories alive. I write for pleasure. I write because I must. — F.M. Burgett

We should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the sight of blood and suffering. — Seneca The Younger

The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God - that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you — Brother Lawrence

What is there to say, finally, except that pain is bad and pleasure good, life all, death nothing. — Gore Vidal

I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things. — Josh Turner

If I had my way I'd shut everything out of your life but happiness and pleasure, Anne, said Gilbert — L.M. Montgomery

There is a guilty pleasure in being rude and knowing that it's acting rather than you. But you get the same release as if you were being rude in life. — Laurence Fox

What gives you pleasure and joy? Let those be the things that lead you forward in life. — Julianne Moore

If we strive for goals, relishing in the pleasure of circumstance, nothing is enjoyable, and life becomes purposeless. — Andrew The Apostle

If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure. — Kanye West

Life, laughter, and pleasure will be the last word rather than death, crying, and pain. — Jerry L. Walls

The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure. — Tony Benn

Here is more to life than just pleasure. We want to achieve our happiness and not just experience it. — Eric Weiner

An excessive indulgence in the pleasures of social life constitutes the great interests of a luxuriant and opulent age. — Isaac D'Israeli

The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life. — Wilhelm Reich

One of life's few really reliable pleasures: to have a family you love, and to leave them for a week. — Mignon McLaughlin

What pleasure, sir, find we in life to lock it / From action and adventure? — William Shakespeare