True Pleasure...

True pleasure lies in the sharing of joy with another.

Bowl of Saki, by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:

Man's selfishness shows itself in wanting to get the better of his
fellow man. If we developed humanity we should do differently. We
should be satisfied with a slice of bread if there were another in
need, but as it is, it happens that even when we are fed ourselves,
we do not wish anyone else to share the food. The human heart can
only be really satisfied by knowing that the other person is happy.
True pleasure lies in the sharing of joy with another. From the day
that we realize this we begin to act as human beings.

A person who, alone, has seen something beautiful, who has heard
something harmonious, who has tasted something delicious, who has
smelt something fragrant, may have enjoyed it, but not completely.
The complete joy is in sharing one's joy with others. For the selfish
one who enjoys himself and does not care for others, whether he
enjoys things of the earth or things of heaven, his enjoyment is not
complete.

Tawazu in Sufi terms means something more than hospitality. It is
laying before one's friend willingly what one has, in other words
sharing with one's friend all the good one has in life, and with it,
enjoying life better. When this tendency to tawazu is developed,
things that give one joy and pleasure become more enjoyable by
sharing with another. This tendency comes from the aristocracy of the
heart. It is generosity and even more than generosity. For the limit
of generosity is to see another pleased in his pleasure, but to share
one's own pleasure with another is greater than generosity. It is a
quality which is foreign to a selfish person, and the one who shows
this quality is on the path of saintliness.