Worldly Pleasures Quotes

• Sin embargo, lejos de esforzarse por conocer el árbol prohibido de los placeres mundanos y sus diversos frutos, el hombre se entrega a un estado de vida descuidado e irreflexivo, y cede a la concupiscencia de la carne, sin considerar que esta concupiscencia es realmente el árbol prohibido.

  Johann Arndt

  Hombres, Ceder, Dar

  Johann Arndt (1868). "El verdadero cristianismo: Tratado sobre el arrepentimiento sincero, la fe verdadera, el santo andar del verdadero cristiano, etc.", p.51.

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• Si profesas ser cristiano, pero encuentras plena satisfacción en los placeres y afanes mundanos, tu profesión es falsa.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Dios, Cristiano, Religioso

  Charles Spurgeon (2016). "Mañana y tarde", p.712, Discovery House.

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• Hay placer cuando se rasca una llaga, Pero estar sin llagas es aún más placentero. Del mismo modo, hay placeres en los deseos mundanos, pero estar sin deseos es aún más placentero.

  Akkineni Nagarjuna

  Buddhist, Attachment, Meditation

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• Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none

  David Brainerd

  Greatness, Sensual, Riches

  David Brainerd (1822). “Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians on the Borders of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary”, p.122

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• I guess what I want to learn is how to live in this world and enjoy its delights but also devote myself to God.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Delight, World, Want

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.28, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• La clave es darse cuenta -y creer- que este mundo no es tu hogar. Si tú y yo alguna vez esperamos liberar nuestras vidas de los deseos mundanos, del pensamiento mundano, de los placeres mundanos, de los sueños mundanos, de los ideales mundanos, de los valores mundanos, de las ambiciones mundanas y de la aclamación mundana, entonces debemos enfocar nuestras vidas en otro mundo.

  David Platt

  Sueño, Creer, Hogar

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• In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures, by delightful forethoughts of them; so that when we come to possess them, they do not answer the expectation, nor satisfy the desires which were raised about them, and they vanish into nothing.

  John Tillotson

  Heart, Expectations, Desire

  John Tillotson (1717). “The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions ...”, p.270

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• Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.

  Umar

  Heart, Comfort, Body

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• Es bueno que pruebes por ti mismo todo lo que necesitas saber. Que los placeres mundanos y la riqueza no son cosas buenas, lo aprendí ya de niño. Lo supe durante mucho tiempo, pero sólo ahora lo he experimentado.

  Hermann Hesse

  Niños, Corazón, Ojo

  "Siddhartha".

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• I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I loose it because I get distracted by my petty desires and fears. I want to be with God all the time. But I don't want to be a monk, or totally give up worldly pleasures. I guess what I want to learn is how to leave in this world and enjoy its delights, but also elevate myself to God.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Life, Giving Up, Religion

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• As an artist, I identify with Sandro Botticelli. We know him as the man who painted Primavera and The Birth Of Venus. The goddesses and ancient subjects he chose represented virtues which were meant to inspire people. Then he went through a dark phase when he was listening to the sermons of Savonarola, who preached against the worldly pleasures of the Renaissance. But Botticelli's works live on, inspiring people to this day. Five hundred years after his death, he still has thousands of fans!

  Mary Pope Osborne

  Dark, Men, Artist

  Fuente: www.yabookshelf.com

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• Nadie puede liberarte, porque nadie te ha atado; te aferras a la ortiga de los placeres mundanos y lloras por el dolor. El milano es perseguido por los cuervos mientras lleva el pez en el pico, se retuerce en el cielo intentando durar y suelta el pez. En ese momento es libre. Así que abandona el apego a los sentidos; entonces la pena y la preocupación ya no podrán acosarte.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Renunciar, Dolor, Duelo

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from sep 07, 2016

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• We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.

  John Tillotson

  Heart, Pleasure, Sweetness

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