A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.Simone Weil
Is there a way to design a room in my house where I float around? I would quite enjoy that. It's nuts.Karl Lagerfeld
There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.Michel de Montaigne
A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.Arthur Schopenhauer
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.Cicero