“No one can liberate you, for no one has bound you; you hold on to the nettle of worldly pleasures and you weep for pain. The kite is pursued by the crows so long as it carries the fish in its beak, it twists and turns in the sky trying to last and it drops the fish. That moment it is free. So give up the attachment to the senses; then grief and worry can harass you no more.” GivingTryingLongMomentsPainLastsTurnsPleasureGriefWorrySkyGiving UpBoundsFishesSensesCarrieAttachmentThat MomentWorldlyTwistsPursuedCrowKitesBeaksTwists And TurnsNettlesWorldly Pleasures Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life.” WorldEarthNaturalPleasureEnvironmentSeaSkyInfluenceScientistAvailableContactLastingEcologyNatural WorldReservedAmazing LifeSea And Sky Book:The Sense of Wonder Source: The Sense of Wonder
“I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you by your praises extol to the skies. [Lat., Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui Quae vos ad coelum effertis rumore secundo.]” PleasureSkyPraiseAbandonedAdsReign Author:Horace
“Within minutes my 115-mile walk through the desert hills becomes a thing apart, a disjunct reality on the far side of a bottomless abyss, immediately beyond physical recollection.But it's all still there in my heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days to come, like a treasure found and then, voluntarily, surrendered. Returned to the mountains with my blessing. It leaves a golden glowing on the mind.” MindHeartStillsSoulRealityPainFoundGrowsSidesWalksPleasureSkyMinutesMy HeartBlessingMountainMilesTreasureGoldenHillsDesertSolitaryAbyssHeart And SoulGlowingRecollectionPain And PleasureMy BlessingFar SideDays To Come Author:Edward Abbey
“Pleasure is wild and sweet. She likes purple flowers. She loves the sun and the wind and the night sky. She carries a silver bowl full of liquid moonlight. She has a cat named Midnight with stars on his paws. Many people mistrust Pleasure, and even more misunderstand her. For a long time I could barely stand to be in ...the same room with her.” PeopleLongNightStarsPleasureRoomsSunSkySweetWindFlowerLong TimeCatLikesSilverCarrieBowlsMidnightPurpleMoonlightLiquidNight SkyMistrustPaws Author:J. Ruth Gendler
“I think that sexual pleasure and the weird color of the sky after a storm or the stream of tail lights across the bridge or the way silence can thin or thicken before music starts - all these things have to be harnessed by the political. The libidinal has to be harnessed by the political.” ThinkingWayLightPoliticalPleasureSilenceSkyColorStormBridgesStreamsTails Author:Ben Lerner