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Sermon Quotations Archive
Quotations regarding 'Light'
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
Lucretius, Roman Poet
She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist (1927- )
Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few.
John Masefield, English Poet (1878-1967)
Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile.
Gerald Massey, English Poet (1828-1907)
I'm growing old, I delight in the past.
Henri Matisse, French Artist (1869-1954)
The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is neat. Within their lifetime, there will be paying passengers on the shuttle.
Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut (1948-1986)
And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.
Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist (1914-1987)
It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!
Anthony de Mello, -
There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them.
Herman Melville, American Novelist (1819-1891)
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
Mencius, Chinese Philosopher
From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.
Michelangelo, Italian Artist (1475-1564)
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher (1689-1755)
Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian Educator (1874-1942)
The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.
George Edward Moore, English Philosopher (1873-1958)
Well, I just finished starring in a new episode of the new The Twilight Zone television series.
Bill Mumy, American Actor (1954- )
Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much.
Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist (1899-1977)
I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.
Martina Navratilova, American Athlete (1956- )
Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.
Joanna Newsom, American Musician (1982- )
Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with our first starts and our best efforts. Do you remember? Therein lies its delight. It brings back the forgotten; one's stores of energy, seemingly exhausted, come back to life.
Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist (1890-1960)
The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.
Jean Paul, German Author (1763-1825)