“Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.”
The Power of Now (1997)
“Man was created for the sole purpose of rejoicing in God and deriving pleasure from the splendor of His Presence; for this is true joy and the greatest pleasure that can be found.”
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Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
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Mesillat Yesharim
Mesillat Yesharim (1738), Chapter 1
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