For every pleasure, the price is effort.

To succeed in the pursuit of pleasure, you have to focus on the pleasure and not on the effort.

love is the emotional pleasure we get when focusing on the virtues of another, Love is built on knowledge

If you make the effort to appreciate the gifts God has bestowed upon you, then you'll have such a keen awareness of God's presence that everything you do is accompanied by a sense of His love and guidance. You'll be overwhelmed above and beyond any other pleasure possible.

many people actually prefer to be comfortable and unhappy, rather than endure the discomfort of changing their habits.

close your eyes for a minute and imagine that you are blind. No colors, no sights of children playing, no fields of flowers, no sunset. Now imagine that suddenly there's a miracle. You open your eyes and your vision is restored!

Once you master the art of noticing, appreciating and consciously enjoying what you already have, then you will always be happy.

Happy people are energetic and ambitious. There's never enough time to do everything they want to do.

be conscious of all your blessings, in order to appreciate whatever new blessings come your way.