Enjoyment

"All acts suppose certain dispositions, and habits of mind and heart, which may be in themselves states of enjoyment or of wretchedness, and which must be fruitful in other consequences besides those particular acts."

"For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond Higher design than to enjoy his state."

"Though throned in highest bliss Equal to God, and equally enjoying God-like fruition."

"Who can enjoy alone? Or all enjoying what contentment find?"

"Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest, Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best."

"Je l'ai toujours dit et senti, la véritable jouissance ne se décrit point."

"The ungodly ... reasoned unsoundly, saying to themselves,..."

"The modalities of awakened doing are acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. Each one represents a certain vibrational frequency of consciousness. You need to be vigilant to make sure that one of them operates whenever you are engaged in doing anything at all – from the most simple task to the most complex. If you are not in the state of either acceptance, enjoyment, or enthusiasm, look closely and you will find that you are creating suffering for yourself and others."

"The peace that comes with surrendered action turns to a sense of aliveness when you actually enjoy what you are doing. Enjoyment is the second modality of awakened doing. On the new earth, enjoyment will replace wanting as the motivating power behind people's actions. Wanting arises from the ego's delusion that you are a separate fragment that is disconnected from the power that lies behind all creation. Through enjoyment, you link into that universal creative power itself. When you make the present moment, instead of past and future, the focal point of your life, your ability to enjoy what you do – and with it the quality of your life – increases dramatically. Joy is the dynamic aspect of Being. When the creative power of the universe becomes conscious of itself, it manifests as joy. You don't have to wait for something “meaningful” to come into your life so that you can finally enjoy what you do. There is more meaning in joy than you will ever need. The “waiting to start living” syndrome is one of the most common delusions of the unconscious state."

"Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters."

"Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted."

"You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased by them, or too grasping to care for what you cannot turn to other account than mere delight."

"Res severa est verum gaudium"

"Quam vellem longas tecum requiescere noctes, Et tecum longos pervigilare dies."