Greatest Pleasures Quotes - Page 5

• My father... never required me to study anything, but he knew how to inspire in me a great desire for knowledge. Before learning to read, my greatest pleasure was to listen to passages from Buffon's natural history. I constantly requested him to read me the history of animals and birds.

  Andre-Marie Ampere

  Father, Animal, Bird

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• The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Men, Thinking

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• Anyone who is observant, who discovers the person they have always dreamed of, knows that sexual energy comes into play before sex even takes place. The greatest pleasure isn't sex, but the passion with which it is practiced. When the passion is intense, then sex joins in to complete the dance, but it is never the principal aim.

  Paulo Coelho

  Sex, Passion, Play

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• I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Helping Others, Shadow, Pleasure

  L. Ron Hubbard (1976). “Scientology, a New Slant on Life”, p.273, Bridge Publications, Inc.

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