Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure.
Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and thoughtless state of life, and yields to the lust of the flesh, not considering that this lust is really the forbidden tree.
Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life's ordinary day-to-day pleasures. And God must be fond of them, too, for He made so many of them for us to enjoy.
He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his life does not have it and can as little enjoy it.
What we are only now beginning to fully realize is that in seeking material pleasure too constantly, the capacity for enjoyment or fulfillment decreases and eventually becomes exhausted.
The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.