Delight Quotes

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When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves. — Emile M. Cioran
Ah, reality TV: where opportunists delight in exposing opportunism! It's kind of like the indie music scene. — Diablo Cody
You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite. — Alan Cohen
A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul. — Minna Antrim
There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous, urgent, ardent. Flamed desires, impassioned,… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the people, he must… — Laozi
If delight may provoke men's labour, what greater delights is there then to behold the earth as apparelled with plants, as with a robe of… — Unknown Author
The message of a leopard-print jumpsuit is clear: 'I am a huntress who delights in eating the offal of her prey.' — Simon Doonan
To me travel is triple delight: anticipation, performance, and recollection. — Ilka Chase
It is the black work of an ungodly man or an atheist, that God is not in all his thoughts. What comfort can be had… — Stephen Charnock
The delights of self-discovery are always available. — Gail Sheehy
The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The strongest and most evil spirits have to date advanced mankind the most: they always rekindled the sleeping passions - all orderly arranged society lulls… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The goal of prayer is the ear of God, a goal that can only be reached by patient and continued and continuous waiting upon Him,… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Prayer is not a means for us to persuade a reluctant God to do something which is against His better judgment. Prayer, rather is coming… — John F Walvoord
The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great… — Salman Rushdie
Ah, that is a perfume in which I delight; when they roast coffee near my house, I hasten to open the door to take in… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A fine meal...is a delight in itself; add a glass of wine-gleaming red or translucent greenish gold-and delectation will be doubled. — Alexis Lichine
The perfection of joyful determination is defined as taking delight or feeling joy in doing something positive or virtuous. If you are very joyful about… — Unknown Author
Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or… — Milan Kundera

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