Delight Quote by Seneca the Younger

We take no pleasure in permitted joys, But what's forbidden is more keenly sought.

— Ovid

But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.' 'You mean there is pleasure in having…

— Voltaire

I suspect anyone self-satisfied enough to refuse lawful pleasures: we are not sufficiently rich in our separate resources to reject the graces of the…

— Freya Stark

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

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

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

— George MacDonald

Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!

— Joseph Joubert

“Delight is God’s why behind the justice, righteousness, and steadfast love He practices. It’s not out of frustration or obligation, but delight.”

— Jessica Nicholas

“Yet not so strictly hath our Lord impos'd /Labor, as to debar when we need /Refreshment, whether food, or talk between,/ food of the…

— John Milton

To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot…

— Sigmund Freud

The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.

— Epictetus