A Quote by Henry James

Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.

Henry James

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Infinite Innocent Observation Pleasures

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Henry James
American - Novelist
April 15, 1843 - February 28, 1916

Observation is the most enduring of the pleasures of life.

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Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth.

Peter Medawar

God made all pleasures innocent.

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Dayananda Saraswati

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.

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Swami Vivekananda

Every single person has within an ocean of pure vibrant consciousness. Every single human being can experience that - infinite intelligence, infinite creativity, infinite happiness, infinite energy, infinite dynamic peace.

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There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.

Isaac Watts

It happens a little unluckily that the persons who have the most infinite contempt of money are the same that have the strongest appetite for the pleasures it procures.

William Shenstone

Of the few innocent pleasures left to men past middle life, the jamming of common sense down the throats of fools is perhaps the keenest.

Thomas Huxley

Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that comes from within your own Self.

Mata Amritanandamayi

Men cannot labor on always. They must have intervals of relaxation. They cannot sleep through these intervals. What are they to do? Why, if they do not work or sleep, they must have recreation. And if they have not recreation from healthful sources, they will be very likely to take it from the poisoned fountains of intemperance. Or, if they have pleasures, which, though innocent, are forbidden by the maxims of public morality, their very pleasures are liable to become poisoned fountains.

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God is the evolutionary impulse of the universe. God is infinite creativity, infinite love, infinite compassion, infinite caring.

Deepak Chopra

The philosophical question before us is, when we make an observation of our track in the past, does the result of our observation become real in the same sense that the final state would be defined if an outside observer were to make the observation?

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