“Scientific discovery is a private event, and the delight that accompanies it, or the despair of finding it illusory, does not travel. One scientist may get great satisfaction from another's work and admire it deeply; it may give him great intellectual pleasure; but it gives him no sense of participation in the discovery, it does not carry him away, and his appreciation of it does not depend on his being carried away. If it were otherwise the inspirational origin of scientific discovery would never have been in doubt.” IfsGivingMayDoeHas BeensPleasureDoubtEventsDependsDespairFindingsIntellectualDiscoveryScientistSatisfactionDelightAppreciationAdmireParticipationAccompanyIllusoryCarried AwayScientific Discovery Book:The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science Source: The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science
“Self-love makes our friends appear more or less deserving in proportion to the delight we take in them, and the measures by whichwe judge of their worth depend upon the manner of their conversing with us.” SelfFriendshipJudgingDependsSelf LoveDelightProportionDeserving Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.” MenMindObjectsDependsAffectionDelightChiefs Author:Charles Spurgeon
“Embrace reality. Think about what delights you - the small luxuries on which you depend, the people whom you cherish most. But remember that they have their own distinct character, which is quite a separate matter from how we happen to regard them.” PeopleThinkingMatterCharacterRealityHappensRememberDependsRegardEmbraceDelightLuxuryCherish Author:Epictetus
“The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?” KnowsMeanJoyLiteratureImaginationPleasureDependsDelightAriseMy ImaginationSpursKinky Author:Marquis de Sade
“All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones moving easily under the flesh.” FeelsShouldHappinessMovingKnowingDependsSkinsDelightBonesStrikesFleshHeatSanityGolden Notebook Book:The Golden Notebook Source: The Golden Notebook