“The swan is not without cause dedicated to Apollo, because foreseeing his happiness in death, he dies with singing and pleasure.” DiesCausesPleasureSingingDedicatedApolloSwansForeseeing Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Like the lark that soars in the air, first singing, then silent, content with the last sweetness that satiates it, such seemed to me that image, the imprint of the Eternal Pleasure.” FirstsLastsPleasureAirEternalSingingSilentSweetnessSoarLarks Book:The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradiso Source: The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradiso
“The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.” SoulJoySongPleasureSingingAnd LoveHolidaySwimServing GodPalacesNew SongsArdorJubilation Author:John of the Cross
“I do think that our bodies are capable of many magical and inexplicable things that have nothing to do with reproduction. I have read that some birds may sing just for pleasure and not for any other Darwinian imperative. Birds singing because it feels good - that's the kind of biology that helps me understand this diverse world.” ThinkingWorldKindHelpingPleasureCapableSingingBirdFeel GoodHelp MeBiologyDiverse Author:Jenny Johnson
“In preparing my thesis, I have had the pleasure of collecting testimonies from colleagues such as Placido Domingo but also from singing teachers and musicologists. The entire course of study has confirmed what I already thought, that the value and meaning of opera singing, at the beginning of the third millennium, remain intact.” ValuesCoursesPleasureStudyTeacherSingingThirdsOperaColleaguesPreparingTestimonyCollectingMillenniumThesisOpera Singing Author:Andrea Bocelli
“Then I could not help wondering what the watching gods thought of us, with our clever masks and our jokes. What we think of crickets, perhaps, whose singing we hear with pleasure, though some of us smash them with our heels when they venture into sight.” ThinkingHelpingPleasureWonderSingingJokesSightCleverMaskHeelsVentureCricket Book:Soldier of Arete Source: Soldier of Arete
“She bounded before me, and returned to my side, and was off again like a young greyhound; and, at first, I found plenty of entertaiment in listening to the larks singing far and near; and enjoying the sweet, warm sunshine; and watching her, my pet, and my delight, with her golden ringlets flying loose behind, and her bright cheek, as soft and pure in its bloom, as a wild rose, and her eyes radiant with cloudless pleasure. She was a happy creautre, and an angel in those those days. It is a pity she could not stay content.” FirstsEyeYoungFoundEnjoySidesPleasureBehindsSweetListeningPureSingingAngelRoseDelightWarmFlyingPityGoldenPlentyPetSunshineCheeksHer EyesRadiantLarksGreyhoundsWild Roses Author:Emily Bronte
“Pleasures First look from morning's window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons The newspaper The dog Dialectics Showering, swimming Old music Comfortable shoes Comprehension New music Writing, planting Traveling Singing Being friendly” WritingFirstsLooksBookFacesPleasureMorningDogComfortableSingingWindowSeasonsShoesNewspapersSnowFriendlySwimmingFascinatedComprehensionNew MusicDialecticsOld MusicMusic WritingComfortable Shoes Author:Bertolt Brecht
“She suffers as a miser. She must be miserly with her pleasures, as well. I wonder if sometimes she doesn't wish she were free of this monotonous sorrow, of these mutterings which start as soon as she stops singing, if she doesn't wish to suffer once and for all, to drown herself in despair. In any case, it would be impossible for her: she is bound.” IfsWellsSometimesWould BeSufferingWishPleasureWonderCasesImpossibleSorrowDespairSingingBoundsMonotonousMisersMuttering Book:Nausea Source: Nausea
“O God, when I listen to the voices of animals, the sounds of trees, the murmurings of water, the singing of birds, the whistling of the wind, or the boom of thunder, I see in them evidence of Your unity; I feel that You are supreme power, omniscience, supreme knowledge, and supreme justice. I recognize You, O God, in the trials I am going through. May Your pleasure be my pleasure, too. May I be Your joy, the joy that a Father feels for a son. And may I think of You calmly and with determination, even when I find it hard to say I love You.” ThinkingFeelsMayHardJoyFatherSoundVoiceWaterJusticePleasureAnimalTreeLove YouSonWindSingingBirdEvidenceDeterminationUnitySupremeTrialsThunderThink Of YouSay I Love YouWhistlingMurmuringOmniscienceSupreme PowerI Think Of You Author:Paulo Coelho