“When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial. This is quite obvious to people nowadays, when it is widely recognised that fixations are not the same as valuable and laudable observances. One should not pray if that prayer is vanity; rituals are wrong when they provide lower satisfactions, like emotional stimulus instead of enlightenment; he or she should not be an ascetic who is only enjoying it.” PeopleIfsShouldMeanSelfEnjoyPrayerEmotionalPrayingEnlightenmentSatisfactionObviousValuableVanityRitualBeneficialIndulgenceStimulusObservanceSelf IndulgenceFixation Book:Seeker After Truth Source: Seeker After Truth
“He appeared to enjoy beyond everything the sound of his own voice. I couldn't wonder at that, for it was mellow and full and gave great importance to every word he uttered. He listened to himself with obvious satisfaction and sometimes gently beat time to his own music with his head or rounded a sentence with his hand.” SometimesHandsFunnyEnjoySoundVoiceWonderBeatsHumorousImportanceSatisfactionObviousSentencesMellow Book:Bleak House Source: Bleak House
“After visiting several of America's most fashionable playgrounds, I have reached the conclusion that men who work hard enjoy life most. The men at such places can be divided into two classes, first, busy men of affairs ... and, second, rich loafers. I was impressed by the obvious enjoyment corporation heads and other important executives were deriving from their vacation activities.... The idle rich fellows, on the other hand, although indulging in exactly the same activities, palpably were bored.” MenFirstsTwoImportantHardHandsAmericaEnjoyClassRichHe ManHard WorkActivityFellowsBusyAffairObviousConclusionBoredCorporationsEnjoymentExecutivesDividedVacationImpressedIdleEnjoy LifeFashionableVisitingPlaygroundsLoafersBusy Man Author:B. C. Forbes