Delight Quotes

1447 Delight quotes by 904 unique authors

I arise today... Blessed by all things / wings of breath, / delight of eyes, / wonder of whisper, / intimacy of touch, / eternity… — John O'Donohue
All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing;… — Thomas a Kempis
If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate… — Thomas a Kempis
It is rewarding to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a good… — Jo Coudert
The Eucharist, behold the Christian's treasure, his delight on earth. Since Jesus is in the Eucharist for him personally, his whole life ought to be… — Peter Julian Eymard
On a feeling and sensitive mind a demolished forest impresses unmingled sadness, whereas its primeval grandeur must inspire anyone to immeasurable delight, who is susceptible… — Ferdinand von Mueller
The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not… — Maximus the Confessor
Those truffled turkeys, of which the reputation and the price are still increasing, appear like beneficient stars, and make the eyes sparkle of all sorts… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Who cares for Algebra?Who delights in solving math?I only want to live my lifeAlong the creative path. — Jennifer Niven
People who blame the Bible for the modern destruction of nature have failed to see its delight in the variety and individuality of creatures and… — Wendell Berry
The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine is in order… — Robert Farrar Capon
The delight that consumes the desire, The desire that outruns the delight. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
Simply to have all the necessities of life and three meals a day will not bring happiness. Happiness is hidden in the unnecessary and in… — Edward M Hays
The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence. — George Eliot
What furniture can give such finish to a room as a tender woman's face? And is there any harmony of tints that has such stirring… — George Eliot
The moving accident is not my trade; To freeze the blood I have no ready arts: 'Tis my delight, alone in summer shade, To pipe… — William Wordsworth
As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low. — William Wordsworth
Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain: As, painfully to pore upon a book, To seek… — William Shakespeare
A heightened sense of the observation of nature is one of the chief delights that have come to me through trying to paint. — Winston Churchill
There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight. — Marcus Aurelius
Of journeying the benefits are many: the freshness it bringeth to the heart, the seeing and hearing of marvelous things, the delight of beholding new… — Saadi
It does not at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite delight than a… — Isaac D'Israeli
Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy. — William Shakespeare
Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air… — Edgar Allan Poe
Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells Through the balmy air of night How they ring out… — Edgar Allan Poe

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