{"quotes":[{"text":"Man's delight in the Lord is the absolute peak of human triumph. He praises God when full of joy, and when not, he praises God to become full of joy. For to know and to live as though God is worthy of all praise, in all one's circumstances, whether seemingly good or seemingly bad, is the primary definition of joy and the richest triumph for man under God.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["apologetics","awe","church","delight","glorification","glorification-of-god","glorifying-god","glory","god","greatness","happiness","holiness","honor","joy","lord","love","man","music","peace","praise","prayer","respect","reverence","rich","singing","strength","triumph","trust","victory","worship","worthiness"],"id":649,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"I know you not quite wellYet I foolishly surrender my mind to you. Slowly and carefully you have cast a spellNow my virgin heart only longs for you. There is no need to push, I am already falling. Once proudly tall, I’m no longer standing. Knowing well that I am doomed to misery,I will roll the dice and take delight in my suffering.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["beguile","bewitch","break-up","cast","delight","dice","doom","ex","fall","falling","foolish","game-over","heart","in-love","know","lose","love-martyr","love-poem","martyr","martyrdom","masochism","masochist","mind","misery","on-purpose","push","relationship","seduce","seduced","self-imposed","spell","standing","suffer","suffering","surrender","virgin"],"id":1098,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"Happiness is the satisfaction you feel. There's delight, joy, excitement and pleasant surprise.","author":"Dee Dee Artner","tags":["delight","excitement","happiness","joy","satisfaction"],"id":13274,"author_id":"Dee+Dee+Artner"},{"text":"God wants us to delight in living His purpose for us, which is why our passion plays a huge part!","author":"Paige Omartian","tags":["delight","god","passion","prayer","wake-up"],"id":18374,"author_id":"Paige+Omartian"},{"text":"Love is the light and source of life, and happiness is the delight and essence of life.","author":"Debasish Mridha","tags":["delight","education","essence","happiness","hope","inspirational","intelligence","knowledge","life","light","love","philosophy","source","truth","wisdom"],"id":24258,"author_id":"Debasish+Mridha"},{"text":"I delight in what I fear.","author":"Shirley Jackson","tags":["delight "],"id":24467,"author_id":"Shirley+Jackson"},{"text":"Do the meager pleasures you have been able to enjoy during your fall compensate for the torments which now rend your heart? Happiness therefore lies only in virtue,my child, and all the sophistries of its detractors can never procure a single one of its delights.","author":"Marquis de Sade","tags":["delight","happiness","pleasure","virtue"],"id":25697,"author_id":"Marquis+de+Sade"},{"text":"Darkness does not exist at all. It is merely the absence of light but it is essential for being there even if it isn't there at all given that it takes a certain amount of darkness to allow one in understanding light. How would have one understood light, or say, differentiated light from light, if it were not for the absence of light- darkness- to allow such a generous sympathy?","author":"Q. M. Sidd","tags":["darkness","delight","depression","happiness","joy","life","light","philosophy","sorrow"],"id":30163,"author_id":"Q.+M.+Sidd"},{"text":"Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.","author":"Socrates","tags":["man","kind","delight "],"id":35783,"author_id":"Socrates"},{"text":"How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?","author":"Lao Tzu","tags":["man","victory","delight "],"id":36130,"author_id":"Lao+Tzu"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":94,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}