Delight Quotes

1447 Delight quotes by 904 unique authors

God delights to increase the faith of His children. We ought, instead of wanting no trials before victory, no exercise for patience, to be willing… — George Muller
Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was… — Joseph Addison
Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts. — Philip Sidney
In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Among the several kinds of beauty, the eye takes most delight in colors. — Joseph Addison
You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased with… — John Ruskin
Desire to know why, and how curiosity, which is a lust of the mind, that a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation… — Thomas Hobbes
To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer. — John Bunyan
It is only through meditation that we can get lasting peace, divine peace. If we meditate soulfully in the morning and receive peace for only… — Sri Chinmoy
Living in the present is the instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
To wait on God is to live a life of desire toward Him, delight in Him, dependence on Him, and devotedness to Him. — Matthew Henry
Frank Farrelly. . .must be thought of with respect (perhaps even delight?) by his clients who have so far played the game of therapy with… — Paul Watzlawick
Christ [is] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the… — John Flavel
A heat full of coldness, a sweet full of bitterness, a pain full of pleasantness, which maketh thoughts have eyes and hearts ears, bred by… — John Lyly
The purest joy in the world is joy in Christ Jesus. When the Spirit is poured down, his people get very near and clear views of… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
The artist brain is the sensory brain: sight and sound, smell and taste, touch. Â These are the elements of magic, and magic is the… — Julia Cameron
A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take… — Richard Russo
I find one vast garden spread out all over the universe. All plants, all human beings, all higher mind bodies are about in this garden… — Anandamayi Ma
Commodity, firmness, delight... — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
`Tis May, the elfish maiden, the daughter of the Spring, Upon whose birthday morning the birds delight to sing. They would not sing one note… — Robert Fuller Murray
Also known as May Eve, May Day, and Walpurgis Night, happens at the beginning of May. It celebrates the height of Spring and the flowering… — Selena Fox
Finished things cease to be a shelter for the spirit; but work in progress is a delight. — Max Frisch
The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager… — Frederic William Maitland
If you have any talent, or any occupation that delights you, do it, and do it to the hilt. Don't ask why, or what difficulties… — Richard P. Feynman
Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to tears. — Erwin Schrodinger

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