„To me, being an intellectual doesn’t mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.“

— Chinua Achebe

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„I take no pleasure in being Right in my dark predictions about the fate of our military intervention in the heart of the Muslim world.“
— Hunter S. Thompson
„I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.“
— Anaïs Nin
„I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. And that is why we find ourselves emptied of meaning with our pantries still full.“
— Ravi Zacharias
„The art of teaching is also to know when to stop. It is good when people want to be better, physically, morally, spiritually, intellectually. But a fashion? No! Yoga is a painful art. It’s not like dance or music, where the person watching gets pleasure. Only the person doing it finds joy. It has nothing to do with externals.“
— B.K.S. Iyengar
„I take much pleasure in being alonebut there is also a strange warm grace in not being alone.“
— Charles Bukowski