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  • 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.

    Men   Yield   Giving  
    Johann Arndt (1868). “True Christianity: A Treatise on Sincere Repentance, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc”, p.51
  • Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.

    Heart   Comfort   Body  
  • If you profess to be a Christian, yet find full satisfaction in worldly pleasures and pursuits, your profession is false.

    Charles Spurgeon (2016). “Morning and Evening”, p.712, Discovery House
  • I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I loose it because I get distracted by my petty desires and fears. I want to be with God all the time. But I don't want to be a monk, or totally give up worldly pleasures. I guess what I want to learn is how to leave in this world and enjoy its delights, but also elevate myself to God.

  • The key is realizing - and believing - that this world is not your home. If you and I ever hope to free our lives from worldly desires, worldly thinking, worldly pleasures, worldly dreams, worldly ideals, worldly values, worldly ambitions, and worldly acclaim, then we must focus our lives on another world.

    Dream   Believe   Home  
  • No one can liberate you, for no one has bound you; you hold on to the nettle of worldly pleasures and you weep for pain. The kite is pursued by the crows so long as it carries the fish in its beak, it twists and turns in the sky trying to last and it drops the fish. That moment it is free. So give up the attachment to the senses; then grief and worry can harass you no more.

    Giving Up   Pain   Grief  
    FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Sep 07, 2016
  • Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none

    David Brainerd (1822). “Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians on the Borders of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary”, p.122
  • In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures, by delightful forethoughts of them; so that when we come to possess them, they do not answer the expectation, nor satisfy the desires which were raised about them, and they vanish into nothing.

    John Tillotson (1717). “The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions ...”, p.270
  • It is good to taste for yourself everything you need to know. That worldly pleasures and wealth are not good things, I learned even as a child. I knew it for a long time, but only now have I experienced it.

    Children   Heart   Eye  
    "Siddhartha".
  • I guess what I want to learn is how to live in this world and enjoy its delights but also devote myself to God.

    Delight   World   Want  
    Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.28, Bloomsbury Publishing
  • There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

  • We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.

  • As an artist, I identify with Sandro Botticelli. We know him as the man who painted Primavera and The Birth Of Venus. The goddesses and ancient subjects he chose represented virtues which were meant to inspire people. Then he went through a dark phase when he was listening to the sermons of Savonarola, who preached against the worldly pleasures of the Renaissance. But Botticelli's works live on, inspiring people to this day. Five hundred years after his death, he still has thousands of fans!

    Dark   Men   Artist  
    Source: www.yabookshelf.com
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