#delights

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#because #delights #does #nature #scientist

The delights of self-discovery are always available. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#available #delights #self-discovery

Forgive me, Lord, if ever I should wrap myself in pharisiac robes when I see another fall In no way am I greater because of another’s weakness. At the most it only turns the eyes of the crowd away from my own frailty. Few of us would ever think of hurting someone physically but too many times we have used the power of "talk" to kill. Here, Lord, take these stones I hold. ↗

— Glenna Oldham

#the-sisters #the-warrior-series #warriors-of-the-cross #forgiveness

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. ↗

— Anna Pavlova

#away #brief #brief moment #butterfly #child

Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in. ↗

— Mary Astell

#body #business #come #company #confined

Our days and nights have sorrows woven with delights. ↗

— Francois de Malherbe

#delights #nights #our #sorrows #woven

Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself. ↗

— Samuel Rutherford

#get #god #hard #himself #life

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#delights #especially #everyone #just #me

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked. ↗

— Ovid

#been #delights #give #just #refuse

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#bare feet #delights #earth #feel #feet