“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”
“The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.”
“The Bible is the greatest of all books; to study it is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.”
“Pleasure is not the purpose of man’s existence. Joy is.”
“I sometimes wonder if all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.”
“I sing the joy of wandering and the pleasure of the wanderer's death”