Delights Quotes

350 Delights quotes by 269 unique authors

The effort to lift one's self into perfect enlightenment is a profound thing. It has nothing to do with individual will. It's a refraction of… — Frederick Lenz
We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences. We cannot bear a… — Andrew Solomon
When all within is peace How nature seems to smile Delights that never cease The live-long day beguile — William Cowper
It delights me to find something that kids are doing that surprises me that seems new. That's the best feeling you can have. — John Waters
There are some truths about life that can be expressed only as stories, or songs, or images. Art delights, instructs, consoles. It educates our emotions. — Dana Gioia
God does not relish our sufferings, but He delights in our development. — Max Lucado
It simply feels right to me to blend the glittery delights of New York City with a largely raw vegan diet - with the soul-deep… — Victoria Moran
Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise. — Marcus Aurelius
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. — Khalil Gibran
All thoughts, all passions, all delights Whatever stirs this mortal frame All are but ministers of Love And feed His sacred flame. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I get little kids who recognize me from 'Mary Poppins,' and it just delights me because it's our third generation. — Dick Van Dyke
What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. — Francois Fenelon
The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the… — Carolina Herrera
There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble… — Washington Irving
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. — George Henry Lewes
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly. — George MacDonald
It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress. — Danica McKellar
It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness. But even here it is a work that has to… — Ashley Montagu
The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't… — Nathan Myhrvold
When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one… — Anna Pavlova
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it… — Henri Poincare
The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the… — Marquis de Sade
He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. — George Sand
I have no interest in returning to yesteryear. I love the conveniences and delights of today's time. I wouldn't go back if I could. — Charles R. Swindoll

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