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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Delight'

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The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.
Robert Frost, American Poet (1874-1963)
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
Robert Frost, American Poet (1874-1963)
I do not question the power of our weapons and the efficiency of our logistics; I cannot say these things delight me as the y seem to delight some of our officials, but they are certainly impressive.
J. William Fulbright, American Politician (1905-1995)
The brave love mercy, and delight to save.
John Gay, English Poet (1685-1732)
Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
John Gay, English Poet (1685-1732)
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Khalil Gibran, Poet (1883-1931)
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Khalil Gibran, Poet (1883-1931)
It's a delight to trust somebody so completely.
Jeff Goldblum, American Actor (1952-  )
Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
Dick Gregory, American Comedian (1932-  )
I delight not in spreading any thing mysterious, for I consider it all lost time; but the things that all of us can see and know if we will.
Elias Hicks, American Clergyman (1748-1830)
The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God.
Ernest Holmes, American Theologian
I delight in what I fear.
Shirley Jackson, American Novelist (1919-1965)
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.
Gertrude Jekyll, British Celebrity
You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
Samuel Johnson, English Author (1709-1784)
An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.
John Paul Jones, American Soldier (1747-1792)
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
Ben Jonson, English Poet (1572-1637)
The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
Joseph Joubert, French Writer (1754-1824)
How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?
Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist (1883-1924)
Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.
Helen Keller, American Author (1880-1968)
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
Rose Kennedy, American Author (1890-1995)
 
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