#enjoyment

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth. ↗

— Giovanni Boccaccio

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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is. ↗

— Daniel Boone

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I'd rather see you drink a glass of wine than a glass of milk. So many people drink Coca-Cola and all these soft drinks with sugar. Some of these drinks have 8 or 9 teaspoons of sugar in them What's the good of living if you can't have the things that give a little enjoyment? ↗

— Jack LaLanne

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I have done a bit of recording and the songs are available on iTunes, and I've got some nice comments. It's something I enjoy doing, but I'm not looking for a singing career any time soon. As long as one person gets enjoyment out of it, I'm happy to make it available. ↗

— Tom Felton

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Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. ↗

— Paul Goodman

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I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. ↗

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. ↗

— Epictetus

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A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#life #life

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God. ↗

— William Law

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