Delight Quotes

1447 Delight quotes by 904 unique authors

All the sleepers in a night of delution beholding so many dreams. In this world of darkness, only those who sever themselves from the meterial… — Tulsidas
A muddy little stream, a village grown unfamiliar with time and trees. I turn around and retrace my way up Main Street and park and… — Wallace Stegner
Besides, Rose Bradwardine, beautiful and amiable as we have described her, had not precisely the sort of beauty or merit which captivates a romantic imagination… — Walter Scott
No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect. — Anne Bronte
Thanks be to God, Who gives us sufferingas sacred remedy for all our sins,that best and purest essence which preparesthe strong in spirit for divine… — Charles Baudelaire
If I could have made the change sooner I daresay I should never have given a thought to the literary delights of Paris or London;… — Edith Wharton
I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found Mmes. d'Ardony's and… — George Sand
The Gospel is temporary, but the law is eternal and is restored precisely through the Gospel. Freedom from the law consists, then, not in the… — Herman Bavinck
What is life when you come to think upon it, but a most excellent, accurately set, infinitely complicated machine for turning fat playful puppies into… — Isak Dinesen
There is a warning here for true pilgrims. Beware of the talker, but also be careful not to judge too quickly those whom God has… — John Bunyan
Some of us live a Christian life as if we're always under the stern, watchful eye of our Father and he is very impossible to… — Kevin DeYoung
To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his… — Laozi
For instance, take this sample: he has imagined a heaven, and has left entirely out of it the supremest of all his delights, the one… — Mark Twain
It's this mood, these sentiments - the excitement of exploration and the surprises and delights of travel to foreign locales - that I hope to… — Mary Roach
Only a fool takes offense at the truth, Jessamine. They are awful, of that there is no question. But they are also very charming. Purveyors… — Maryrose Wood
The mob hysteria over pedophiles has reached epidemic proportions and driven parents to panic. Today's Just Williams, today's Huck Finns, today's Swallows and Amazons are… — Richard Dawkins
What do I advise? Forget it all. Don't be afraid. Do what you get the most pleasure from. Is it to build a cloud chamber?… — Richard P. Feynman
I do half the cooking, and by 'half' I mean three quarters," Dad pointed out. "And if you're going to turn up your nose at… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Some cities, like wrapped boxes under Christmas trees, conceal unexpected gifts, secret delights. Some cities will always remain wrapped boxes, containers of riddles never to… — Truman Capote
To communicate is our chief business; society and friendship our chief delights; and reading, not to acquire knowledge, not to earn a living, but to… — Virginia Woolf
Amongst democratic nations men easily attain a certain equality of conditions: they can never attain the equality they desire. It perpetually retires from before them,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Growing maturity is marked by the increasing liberties we take with our travelling... we made the discovery (some people never make it) that real books… — C.S. Lewis
Jesus! it is the name which moves the harps of heaven to melody. Jesus! the life of all our joys. If there be one name… — Charles Spurgeon
A child gets moral notions from the fairy-tales he delights in, as do his elders from tale and verse. — Charlotte Mason
A gluten-free diet still allows you access to almost every fruit and vegetable, a variety of grains and legumes, your pick of dairy products, fresh… — Daphne Oz

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