Degrees Quote by Edmund Burke

When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it as a…

— Therese of Lisieux

We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.

— Michel de Montaigne

We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in…

— Jack Gilbert

Never find your delight in another's misfortune.

— Publilius Syrus

I enjoyed my own nature to the fullest, and we all know there lies happiness, although, to soothe one another mutually, we occasionally pretend…

— Albert Camus

I think most of us look at personal delights as somewhere between minimally important and borderline immoral. We like them, but we're not sure…

— Victoria Moran

Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were met...I can…

— Pope Francis

The greatest joys are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in what we hope for.

— Anonymous

We live in a world of constant juxtaposition between joy that's possible and pain that's all too common. We hope for love and success…

— Marianne Williamson

“For is there any human sorrow so great that the blessing of mere daylight on the earth does not far exceed? We mortals are…

— Marie Corelli

I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people deceiving one…

— Osamu Dazai

All of us have had the experience of a sudden joy that came when nothing in the world had forewarned us of its coming…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery