{"quotes":[{"text":"Those who are devoted to amusements; who love the society of those who love pleasure, have an aversion to religious exercises.","author":"Ellen G. White","tags":["love","pleasure","religious "],"id":107,"author_id":"Ellen+G.+White"},{"text":"The vanities of life:pleasure, possession, position and power.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["ity","inspirational","inspirational","leaders","leadership","leadership-vs-management","life","life-and-death","life-and-living","life-lessons","life","pleasure","pleasure","pleasures","pleasures-of-life","position","position-yourself","positions","possession","possessions","power","power-death","power-dynamics","vanity"],"id":545,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"The vanities of life:pleasure, possession, position and power.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["ity","inspirational","inspirational","leaders","leadership","leadership-vs-management","life","life-and-death","life-and-living","life-lessons","life","pleasure","pleasure","pleasures","pleasures-of-life","position","position-yourself","positions","possession","possessions","power","power-death","power-dynamics","vanity"],"id":545,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":" LIKING WHAT YOU DO IS PLEASURE, DOING WHAT YOU LIKE IS PASSION.","author":"Hansrajvir","tags":["passion","pleasure"],"id":608,"author_id":"Hansrajvir"},{"text":"The person who knows how to enjoy their own company knows the most important thing.","author":"Marty Rubin","tags":["enjoyment","importance","pleasure","solitude"],"id":3235,"author_id":"Marty+Rubin"},{"text":"... It was with an unusual intensity of pleasure, a pleasure destined to have a lasting effect upon his character and conduct...","author":"Marcel Proust","tags":["description","pleasure"],"id":3349,"author_id":"Marcel+Proust"},{"text":"When you fall for your appetite too early, you may not be able to endure to the end.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["appetite","appetizer","delay-your-gratification","endurance","endure","fail","fall","falling","food-for-thought","inspirational","inspirations","israelmore-ayivor","kill-your-appetite","motivational","motivations","personal-development","pleasurable","pleasure","pleasures"],"id":3622,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for spiritual joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and spiritual joy you have not yet begun to live.","author":"Thomas Merton","tags":["joy","pleasure","spirituality"],"id":6563,"author_id":"Thomas+Merton"},{"text":"Senses empower limitations, senses expand vision within borders, senses promote understanding through pleasure.","author":"Dejan Stojanovic","tags":["borders","dejan-stojanovic","empowerment","limitations","literature","literature","pleasure","poetry","poetry","quotes","senses","thoughts","understanding","vision","wisdom"],"id":8273,"author_id":"Dejan+Stojanovic"},{"text":"Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.","author":"J. K. Rowling","tags":["myself","me","pleasure "],"id":8335,"author_id":"J.+K.+Rowling"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":718,"pages":72,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}