Books Quote by Peter Greenaway

“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.”

— George MacDonald

“I have chosen two concepts to guide my thoughts and actions. They are stronger than the pressure of society, the constraints of morality, the…

— Gamal Hennessy

“I confess that I consider life to be a thing of the most untouchable deliciousness, and that even the confluence of so many disasters…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Comfort, joy, and love are key ingredients to a rich, pleasurable life. Prize them.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“There is the globe, The foundation of my bodily existence. It wears me out with work and duties, It gives me rest in old…

— Chuang Tzu

“Some things are really necessaries of life in some circles, the most helpless and diseased, which in others are luxuries merely, and in others…

— Henry David Thoreau

“If the essence of things is unknowable, the misery of man cannot be fathomed.”

— Herman Bavinck

“Life is a mystery, and it should be so, for the sorrow that accompanies being human and the choices one will have to make…

— Alice Hoffman

“Life is a test.  It was designed to be so.  It is where we taste the bitter and the sweet; where we feel pain…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always…

— Kate DiCamillo

“I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at…

— Anonymous

“The gift of words, the source of enjoyment, the source of delight that comes within and the unfading beauty and energy of words.”

— Euginia Herlihy