Verb
take pleasure (third-person singular simple present takes pleasure, present participle taking pleasure, simple past took pleasure, past participle taken pleasure)
(transitive with in) To have enjoyment.
Is it wrong to take pleasure in other people's misfortunes?
May your divinity, Lord, take pleasure in me and lead me above the world to be with you. Isaac the Syrian
Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover. Giotto di Bondone
The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that. Todd Solondz
Just as "pluck" comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be nothing ignoble in them) take pleasure in his own sufferings, the artist has a huge advantage over you and me. Max Beerbohm
It is the great glory of the quest for human knowledge that, while making some small contribution to that quest, we can also continue to learn and to take pleasure in learning. William Alfred Fowler
He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking. Michel de Montaigne