To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delights of presence best known by the torments of absence.” — Alcibiades Copy Share Image
Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
“Let it shine, the light in you. Oh, and that's delighting me! Various colors shining through. Elated, it fills my soul with… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public men, nor cheering crowds, A lonely impulse of delight Drove to this tumult… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
She was like a lone angel floating above the surface of the earth, laughing with delight because she could fly but crying… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I broke my wrist on TV trying to do a one-armed push-up. A lot of people delight in pointing this out to… — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
There be delights that will fetch the day about from sun to sun and rock the tedious year as in a delightful… — J. D. Sedding Copy Share Image
“But look behind you, Mary.' She nodded towards the dais. 'One of the musicians seems to be trying to attract your attention.'… — Jennifer Paynter Copy Share Image
Those persons are happiest in this restless and mutable world who are in love with change, who delight in what is new… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures.… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
God loves to see his creatures happy; our lawful delight is His; they know not God that think to please Him with… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
Some folks serve the almighty dollar far more faithfully than the Almighty God. They get greater delight out of balancing the budget… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the… — Laozi Copy Share Image
We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences. We… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
I am not afeard, my Heart's-delight," resumed the Captain. "There's been most uncommon bad weather in them latitudes, there's no denyin', and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
We are a nation that has always gone in for the loud laugh, the wow, the yak, the belly laugh, and the… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
So if you are seeking something else in the name of creativity, then drop the idea of being creative. At least consciously,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I should like to be the landscape which I am contemplating, I should like this sky, this quiet water to think themselves… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Frequent not the company of immodest persons, especially if they be also impudent, as is generally the case; ...these corrupted souls and… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Elegance means appreciating things as they are. There is a sense of delight and of fearlessness. You are not fearful of dark… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Oh, Liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright! Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Boundless in your charity, but shrewd and cautious as a lender, you delight all those today whom you made beggars the day… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
We are losing our common vocabulary, built over thousands of years to help and delight and instruct us, for the sake of… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
The extreme delight we experience in talking about ourselves should warn us that those who listen do not share it. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists - that is why they invented hell. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
The harmony of a concert, to which you listen with delight, must have on certain classes of minute animals the effect of… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
Rap has always had a braggadocios flavour to it. That goes all the way back to 'Rapper's Delight.' — Gza Copy Share Image
If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“What is this world's delight, Lightening that mocks the night, Brief as even as bright” — John Keats Copy Share Image
Without music we shall surely perish of drink, morphia, and all sorts of artificial exaggerations of the cruder delights of the senses. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
