These friends - and he laid his hand on some of the books - have been good friends to me, and for some years past, ever since I had the idea of going to London, have given me many, many hours of pleasure. Through them I have come to know your great E...
For true conversion doth not consist in putting away great and outward sins only, but in descending deeply into your own self, searching into the inmost recesses of the heart, the secrets and closets, all the windings and turnings thereof; changing a...
...and I want you all to remember-that you must not dream yourselves back to the times before the war, but the dream for you all, young and old, must be to create an ideal of human decency, and not a narrow-minded and prejudiced one. That is the grea...
Shall I not render a service to men in speaking to them only of morality? This morality is so pure, so holy, so universal, so clear, so ancient, that it seems to come from God himself, like the light which we regard as the first of his works. Has he ...
Oh, I can't explain. When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us. The com...
Yet who reads to bring about an end, however desirable? Are there not some pursuits that we practise because they are good in themselves, and some pleasures that are final? And is not this among them? I have sometimes dreamt, at least, that when the ...
was a great man. a wonderful intellect, a great soul of matchless courage, one of the great men of the earth -- and yet we have no right to bow down to his memory simply because he was great. Great orators, great soldiers, great lawyers, often use th...
We are all the fruits of pleasure's toil.
Buying is a profound pleasure.
Pleasure can be supported by an illusion, but happiness rests upon truth.
Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.
Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
Any time I get to play Dick Casablancas is always a pleasure.
It's just such a pleasure to bring a talent you respect to the world.
It's a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
Great wealth, great care.
Great talker, great liar.
I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.
God is everyone's pleasure and also a prejudice!
