Delights Quotes

350 Delights quotes by 269 unique authors

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
By virtue of this science the poet is the Namer, or Language-maker, naming things sometimes after their appearance, sometimes after their essence, and giving to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights — Ephrem the Syrian
Beauty is for the artist something outside all orders of rank, because in beauty opposites are tamed; the highest sign of power, namely power over… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We were like confirmed opium-eaters: in our moments of reason we well knew the deadly nature of our pursuit, but we certainly were not prepared… — H. Rider Haggard
You've never told me about your love life, Scarlett. You're a very pretty girl. You must have a boy shacked up somewhere for your personal… — Maureen Johnson
Aesthetic racism is almost always a sign of inexperience. Those who have not made their way far enough into the world of amorous delights judge… — Milan Kundera
To be a poet is to place pleasure, beauty and sensual delights front and centre, it means having a predilection for debauchery. — Nicole Brossard
A sentimentalist is one who delights to have high and devout emotions stirred whilst reading in an arm-chair, or in a prayer meeting, but he… — Oswald Chambers
Gail Sheehy tells us that "the delights of self-discovery are always available." All Fools' Day is the perfect day to engrave this wisdom in our… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Love was something different. Love was pure delight, a fountain of emotions, sensual delights, and enjoying spending time together. — Sergei Lukyanenko

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