Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun read more

People are going to be most creative and productive when they're doing something they're really interested in. So having fun isn't an outrageous idea at all. It's a very sensible one.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, That fact has not created in me read more

A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and read more

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be
described.
[Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit read more

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be
described.
[Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit et senti, la veritable jouissance ne
se decrit point.]

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ;
And how with the longest day enjoy!
[Lat., read more

How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ;
And how with the longest day enjoy!
[Lat., Quam vellem longas tecum requiescere noctes,
Et tecum longos pervigilare dies.]