It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.
The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust.
Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.
Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse.
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.
Enjoying art is a personal matter. It's made up by contemplation, silence, abstraction.
Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios.
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
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