Quotes by Delight Uneven numbers are the gods' delight. Virgil delightmathnumbers There is something intrinsically wrong about letters. For one thing they are not instantaneous. ... Nor is this the only trouble about letters. They do not arrive often enough. A letter which has been passionately awaited should be immediately supplemented by another one, to counteract the feeling of flatness that comes upon us when the agonizing delights of anticipation have been replaced by the colder flood of fulfilment. Vita Sackville-West agonizingdelightfeelings I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful. Virginia Woolf delighthealingbeautiful Our planet Vladimir Mayakovsky delightthis-lifelife-is 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 extend our intercourse beyond our own time and province. Virginia Woolf chiefsdelightreading Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. W. Somerset Maugham delightenjoy-it-while-it-lastschange He exulted in the possession of himself once more; he realized how much of the delight of the world he had lost when he was absorbed in that madness which they called love; he had had enough of it; he did not want to be in love anymore if love was that. W. Somerset Maugham delightwantworld And a summit and flower there is the feeling they have for each other, Walt Whitman delightflowerfeelings When spring is here the sketcher begins to look over his equipment and relishes in anticipation the soothing hours he will spend in the open, warmed by the sun, fanned by the breeze, charmed by the manifold delights of nature. Walter J. Phillips delightspringlooks How delightful it is to see a friend after a length of absence! How delightful to chide him for that length of absence to which we owe such delight. Walter Savage Landor delightfriendsabsence If an Artist love his Art for its own sake, he will delight in excellence wherever he meets it, as well in the work of another as in his own. Washington Allston delightexcellenceart Nature was indeed at her artistic best when she created the nutmeg, a delight to the eye in all its avatars, from the completely garbed to nudity. Waverley Root delighteyefood May the things of this world so lose their power over us that we do not in the slightest wish to be 'worldly'; nay, we even delight in not remaining 'in the world.' Watchman Nee delightwishworld It is a fact that God wants to destroy every work of our flesh, but He never desires to destroy our personality. He takes no pleasure in transforming us into automata; rather He delights in having us cooperate with Him. Watchman Nee delightpersonalitydesire Sabbath observance invites us to stop. It invites us to rest. It asks us to notice that while we rest, the world continues without our help. It invites us to delight in the world's beauty and abundance. Wendell Berry delighthelpingworld Ah! the terror and the delight of that moment when first we fear ourselves! Until then we have not lived. Willa Cather delightmomentsfirsts Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night. William Blake delightsweetnight For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life. William Blake delightgrowthlife Everything that's lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight. William Butler Yeats lovelydelightkind Life delights in life. William Blake delight«2324252627282930313233»
