He [Columbus] enjoyed long stretches of pure delight such as only a seaman may know, and moments of high, proud exultation that… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the… — Carol P. Christ Copy Share Image
First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“When we're not looking seems to be the time when God finds the most delight in surprising us” — Mona Hodgson Copy Share Image
We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Philosophy ... bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom. — Novalis Copy Share Image
As children gath'ring pebbles on the shore. Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Everything is so fragile. There's so much conflict, so much pain...you keep waiting for the dust to settle and then you realize… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Soul of the age! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare , rise; I will not lodge thee by… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Must it ever be thus-that the source of our happiness must also be the fountain of our misery? The full and ardent… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
December finds himself again a child Even as he undergoes his age. Cold and early darkness now descends, Embracing sanctuaries of delight.… — Nick Gordon Copy Share Image
Like a good song, life has verses, the goliards had taught me. Each verse has to be sung. It takes all of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Imagine my delight and awe when I discovered such a thing was a real genre - contemporary fantasy or urban fantasy. It… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Children of the middle years do not do their learning unaffected by attendant feelings of interest, boredom, success, failure, chagrin, joy, humiliation,… — Dorothy H Cohen Copy Share Image
“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
Beneath our feet a fairy pathway flows, The grass still glitters in the summer breeze, The dusky wood, and distant copse appear,… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The particular source of frustration of women observing their own self-study and measuring their worth as women by the distance they kept… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
I was wholly at peace, at ease and at rest, so that there was nothing upon earth which could have afflicted me.… — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
One more royal trait properly belongs to the poet. I mean his cheerfulness, without which no man can be a poet,--for beauty… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Wouldn't we all rather have the possibility of finding pleasure and delight in literally anything we might encounter? Instead of assuming that… — Ian Bogost Copy Share Image
Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
I read Norman Lock’s The Boy in His Winter with delight and amazement. Styled in the vernacular of a rapidly changing America,… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
Nature was indeed at her artistic best when she created the nutmeg, a delight to the eye in all its avatars, from… — Waverley Root Copy Share Image
The world of WONDERLAND is authentic, vibrant, and genuine. Stacey D’Erasmo explores the delight and terror of second chances. A great read! — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Find a way to delight in all students. Look for the best, expect the best, and find something in each child [you]… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm. "It's green!" Nico said with… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Indeed, we may go further and assert that anyone who does not delight in fine actions is not even a good man. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Energy is the only life, and is from the body; and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Energy is… — William Blake Copy Share Image
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Even in heavenly pleasures he finds no satisfaction, the disciple who is fully awakened delights only in the destruction of all desires. — Max Muller Copy Share Image
Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A scent that disturbs me and delights me. It smells like ripe pears, vetiver, a bit of violet and something else- something… — Rebecca Wells Copy Share Image
It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
What I hope is that the book [Bink & Gollie] delights children. What I hope is that they laugh and laugh and… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
In direct contradiciton to the American dream, God actually delights in exalting our inability. — David Platt Copy Share Image
A person with friends need never be bored. There is always more to fathom and enjoy in the complexity of others, and… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
Alaska Airlines and I have a lot in common, so coming together to delight travelers with savory, high quality food from the… — Tom Douglas Copy Share Image