“A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some little peculiar vexation.” LittlesSuccessfulPromiseDisappointmentDelightBeing SuccessfulPeculiarSchemesDefenceVexation Book:Pride and Prejudice Source: Pride and Prejudice
“The fact of our deriving constant pleasure from whatever is a type or semblance of divine attributes, and from nothing but that which is so, is the most glorious of all that can be demonstrated of human nature; it not only sets a great gulf of specific separation between us and the lower animals, but it seems a promise of a communion ultimately deep, close, and conscious, with the Being whose darkened manifestations we here feebly and unthinkingly delight in.” HumansFactsSeemsPleasureAnimalHuman NatureDivineTypePromiseConsciousConstantDelightSeparationManifestationGloriousAttributesCommunionSemblance Book:Modern Painters: (pt.3) Of ideas of beauty Source: Modern Painters: (pt.3) Of ideas of beauty
“Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life--serene, placid, and mild, with the impress of its great Creator stamped upon it; it spreads its quiet wings over the grave, and seems to promise that all shall be peace beyond it.” SeemsAgePromiseQuietWingsBusyDelightCreatorSpreadGravesEveningVirtuousImpressSereneTranquilBusy LifeEmblemsPlacid Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“What will it profit a man if he gains his cause and silences his adversary if at the same time he loses that humble, tender frame of spirit in which the Lord delights, and to which the promise of his presence is made?” IfsMenMadeSpiritCausesLosesSilenceLordPromiseGainsProfitDelightHumbleAdversaries Book:The works of the rev. John Newton Source: The works of the rev. John Newton
“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.” PeopleWaitingPrayerAnswersPleasurePromiseProveHighestTestsDelightReliability Author:Edward McKendree Bounds
“We can say that true gratitude does not give rise to the debtor's ethic because it gives rise to faith in future grace. With true gratitude there is such a delight in the worth of God's past grace, that we are driven on to experience more and more of it in the future...it is done by transforming gratitude into faith as it turns from contemplating the pleasures of past grace and starts contemplating the promises of the future.” GivingDoeDonePastTurnsPleasureGraceGratitudePromiseEthicsDelightDrivenContemplatingTransformingDebtorsPromise Of The Future Author:John Piper