Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride, and have no prospect of great conquests: the easy prey - and that is what every sufferer is - is for them an enchanting thing.
Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.
You are a cynical man, Mr. Pleasant. " "We live in cynical times, Miss Cain.
Did he say:"Hullo,Pippin!This is a pleasant surprise!"?No,indeed!He said:"Get up,you tom-fool of a Took!Where,in the name of wonder,in all this ruin is Treebeard?I want him. Quick" -Pippin Took
Filling my mind with pleasant thoughts is the quickest road to health.
It's pleasant and bothersome and embarrassing all at once. Especially when you haven't done much and are a celebrity.
Everything is accessible to everyone all the time, and I think there are wondrous things to treasure with what the Internet has made available to journalists. But I think it's also had some effects that are less pleasant. It has chipped away at a sense of privacy and secrecy.
Good sportsmanship we hail, we sing, It's always pleasant when you spot it. There's only one unhappy thing: You have to lose to prove that you've got it.
Today's business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone's job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop.
In an unpredictable and unpleasant world it was both unusual and very pleasant to hear what I wanted to hear.
skulduggery pleasant is the best book I've ever read and has enspired myself to become an author.
Outside the windows the day was bright: golden sunshine, blue sky, pleasant wind. . . I wanted to punch the happy day in the face, grab it by the hair, and beat it until it told me what the hell it was so happy about.
While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant people, as a writer I just think about the humorous aspects of these things - that's what keeps me going when I'm writing a story.
Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
Occasionally, you will be given the chance to be either intellectual or pleasant. Leave being intellectual to others.
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
Nature is neither pleasant nor painful. It is all intelligence and beauty. Pain and pleasure are in the mind.
When the ground was partially bare of snow, and a few warm days had dried its surface somewhat, it was pleasant to compare the first tender signs of the infant year just peeping forth with the stately beauty of the withered vegetation which had withstood the winterdecent weeds, at least, which widowed Nature wears.
Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.