Pastoral Resources

A babe at the breast is as much pleasure as the bearing is pain.

Finding people who get enormous pleasure from reading books is a more and more unusual experience, and so writers just so much want to be heard.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.

It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi.

The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.

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

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned.