Delight Quote by Dante Alighieri

In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the…

— John Tillotson

Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them.

— Giacomo Casanova

While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases.

— William Hazlitt

“Desire may arise inside us, but it cannot bind us. Pleasure may seem alluring, but it cannot fetter us. Life's goal is much more…

— Avijeet Das

To be thoroughly and abidingly happy is not only to get what we all instinctively desire, but to fulfill the purpose of our nature.

— George Hodges (theologian

The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure - that is the choicest of all.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The earthly desires men cherish are shadows. There is no true happiness in fulfilling them. Why, then, do we continue to pursue joys without…

— Thomas Merton

At the heart of our desires is eternal happiness without the slightest hint of misery. You could say that we are pleasure seekers; however,…

— Terry Cole-Whittaker

The delight that consumes the desire, The desire that outruns the delight.

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

— Dalai Lama

“desires,” I mean things we feel that we need or want very strongly. There’s an element of passion in the experience of desire”

— Calvin D. Banyan

“We're surrounded by Universal Desire. It's not happiness; it's desire. And desires are never satisfied, because once they are, they cease to be desires”

— Paulo Coelho