“It is rewarding to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a good and decent human being, but it is indispensable to view yourself as acceptable. It is a delight to discover people who are worthy of respect and admiration and love, but it is vital to believe yourself deserving of these things.” PeopleBelieveHumansHuman BeingsViewsHealingSelf EsteemLike YouEssentialsAnd LoveDelightWorthyEsteemDecentBelieve In YourselfAdmirationAcceptableIndispensableDeservingLike YourselfQuickeningSomeone You Like Book:Advice from a Failure Source: Advice from a Failure
“But my relief that David Auburn's Proof is less about its ballyhooed higher mathematics than the fragility of life and love was matched by my delight in his fine and tender play. (...) Proof surprises us with its aliveness and intelligent modesty, and we have not met these characters before.” PlayCharacterFineHigherMetsAnd LoveIntelligentMathematicsSurpriseDelightProofReliefModestyLife And LoveFragilityMatchedAuburnFragility Of Life Author:John Heilpern
“real misery delights not in reproaches and complaints. It is like charity and love - silent, long suffering and mild.” LongRealSufferingAnd LoveMiserySilentCharityDelightUnhappinessComplaintsReproachLong SufferingCharity And Love Book:Glenarvon (1816). Source: Glenarvon (1816).
“Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.” TwoSoulUnderstandingArmsGoodnessAnd LoveEternityBreathsEmbraceDepthSaintDelightHeightLengthUnderstanding And Love Author:Bernard of Clairvaux
“God’s perspective on us is remarkable, almost unbelievable. He delights in us and loves us as a caring Father. He’s running toward us, ready to embrace and forgive us. He’s for us in all the pain of life and can sustain us in every challenge. as i learn to see from God’s perspective, my perspective on everything else shifts. i realize that my failures don't disqualify me. i’m aware of the security i already have in God’s grace. i trust that nothing will separate me from the love of God in Christ.” RunningPainFatherChristRealizingChallengesGraceSecurityReadyPerspectiveAnd LoveEmbraceForgivingDelightCaringGod LoveRemarkableUnbelievableGod's Grace Author:Jud Wilhite
“I was wholly at peace, at ease and at rest, so that there was nothing upon earth which could have afflicted me. This lasted for a time, and then I was changed ... I felt there was no ease or comfort for me except faith, hope and love, and truly I felt very little of this. And then presently God gave me again comfort and rest for my soul ... And then again I felt the pain, and then afterwards the delight and joy, now the one and now the other, again and again, I suppose about twenty times.” LittlesSoulEarthPainJoyFeltChangedComfortAnd LoveTwentiesDelightMy SoulEaseGrievingAgain And AgainHope And LoveFaith HopeFaith Hope And Love Author:Julian of Norwich
“I bow in reverence before the emotions of every melted heart....The more intense the delight in their presence, the more poignant the impression of their absence....When the tears of bereavement have had their natural flow, they lead us again to life and love's generous joy.” HeartJoyNaturalEmotionTearsFlowAnd LoveDelightAbsenceImpressionIntenseGenerousGrievingReverenceBowsLife And LoveBereavementPoignant Author:James Martineau
“To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.” VirtueReturnPrayingGratitudeMercyAnd LoveDelightPityDistressThankfulnessPeace And Love Author:William Blake