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“In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures, by delightful forethoughts of them; so that when we come to possess them, they do not answer the expectation, nor satisfy the desires which were raised about them, and they vanish into nothing.”

World Heart Desire Answers Pleasure This World Expectations Raised Pursuit Enjoyment Anticipation Sweetness Delightful Worldly Anticipate Forethought Worldly Pleasures

Book:The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions ...

Source: The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions ...

“How does God save His people from the pleasure of sin? The answer is, “By imparting to them a nature which hates evil and loves holiness.” This takes place when they are born again, so that actual salvation begins with regeneration. Of course it does; where else could it commence? Fallen man can neither perceive his desperate need of salvation, nor come to Christ for it, till he has been renewed by the Holy Spirit.”

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Author:Arthur W. Pink

“More and more, as I get older, people come up to me and say, 'Thank you for all the laughter.' And my standard answer is, 'It was my pleasure.' But that's the truth.”

People Answers Pleasure Laughter Standards Come Up Saying Thank You Older People

Author:Bob Newhart

“Love is the weapon which Omnipotence reserved to conquer rebel man when all the rest had failed. Reason he parries; fear he answers blow for blow; future interest he meets with present pleasure; but love, that sun against whose melting beams the winter cannot stand--that soft subliming slumber which wrestles down the giant, there is not one human being in a million, nor a thousand men in all earth's huge quintillion, whose clay heart is hardened against love.”

“Nothing can afford a woman greater pleasure than to hear tender words of love. The strictest, most devout woman will listen even if she must not answer.”

Ifs Answers Pleasure Greater

Author:Honore de Balzac

“We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.”

Answers Pleasure Fine Solitude Acknowledge Fine Things

Author:Honore de Balzac

“I am a stranger to half measures. With life I am on the attack, restlessly ferreting out each pleasure, foraging for answers, wringing from it even the pain. I ransack life, hunt it down. I am the hungry peasants storming the palace gates. I will have my share. No matter how it tastes.”

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Book:Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography

Source: Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography

“What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.”

God Answers Pleasure Deals Powerful Wiser Omnipotence Predestination

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“God is waiting to be put to the test by His people in prayer. He delights in being put to the test on His promises. It is His highest pleasure to answer prayer, to prove the reliability of His promises.”

People Waiting Prayer Answers Pleasure Promise Prove Highest Tests Delight Reliability

Author:Edward McKendree Bounds