I am responsible for my life, my happiness, and my joy. I am responsible for my faults, which will destroy.

One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

The key problem I encounter working with wounded, depressed, and unhappy people is a lack of connection…starting from a disconnection from themselves and then with others. This is why love often becomes so distorted and...

As I turned my head and looked out the window, I saw that everything around me was glowing from within. The sunlight on the trees, the swaying of the leaves in the wind, the slight...

The sun dances in her and she has an immense joy of life

I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy.

Joy is a sure sign of the presence of God in your life.

Princes are fighters or administrators. Neither of those things do much to spread joy in the world. Whores, concubines, and catamites, on the other hand, are all about giving satisfaction. Now granted, sexual pleasure is...

A Blessing for WeddingToday when persimmons ripenToday when fox-kits come out of their den into snowToday when the spotted egg releases its wren songToday when the maple sets down its red leavesToday when windows keep...

Life is too short for anger, resentment, hostility and “should have.” It is too short to put off doing what brings you joy. Live each day as if it were your last, because one day...

Well I want something to do, to create, to achieve, to whatever…. Something I can’t get enough of. You know something that I can’t wait to get up in the morning to do something I...

Seek joyfulness when you can, for seeking joy leads to an auspicious atmosphere.

I would never attempt to dissuade anyone from reading a book. But please, if you’re reading something that’s killing you, put it down and read something else, just as you would reach for the remote...

A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.

Inner joy enables you to choose to look beyond your pain and make your praise a sacrifice to God.

Every joy is like a piece of mirror: always reflecting..

Chainschains that hold me to the groundchains that keep me solidly boundchains that tether my heart to youchains that hold only one truth…

464Joy is found in the breath of acceptance knowing that all is well in our world, if we surrender with grace.

There have been some mistakes due to the feeling of joy,

One last mystery: on one of the little ponds, this morning, I saw wind riffling the first of the waterlily leaves. They haven’t all emerged yet, but new circles tattoo the water, here and there,...

…it’s not the stories – it’s the pain and the joy and the people who stay with you long after the stories are told …

Anthropologists say that in every culture in history, children have played the game hide and seek.

Love is fuel for the soul.

Your joy can be the impetus that motivates others to find their way to joy.

The true joy and wonder of life can only be yours if you follow your own intuition aiming to achieve your bliss.

She was a free bird one minute: queen of the world and laughing. The next minute she would be in tears like a porcelain angel, about to teeter, fall and break. She never cried because...

You are my dark turned to bright, the day into my light. A vision of splendour to my lights, light.

Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.

I can resist everything but the temptation of you.

They said that you would never make it, but you did. They said that you would quit, but you persevered and fought through every obstacle that came your way. They said that you didn’t have...

Healing is the way of the heart. This book is an invitation to open our heart. Healing is a love affair with life.Healing is pure love. Love is what creates healing. Spiritual healing is to...

Intuition is a trust that if we follow our heart, if we follow our love, joy and truth, the Whole becomes enriched.

The joy of being the master of senses is far greater than being their slave.

Suffering teaches joy.

I have drunken deep of joy,And I will taste no other wine tonight.

Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens

Such is true joy’s absolute certainty,Its slow lit fuse that burns holesIn the shabby shroud of death forever.

I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.

The only real difficulty with becoming disciplined is when you buy into the notion that happiness comes at the price of sacrifice. The reality is this: Discipline becomes freedom when you are doing what you...

When you forgive those that hurt you, they no longer have control over your future happiness. Their anger keeps them a prisoner to your past, while you enjoy the present.

Those who make compassion an essential part of their lives find the joy of life. Kindness deepens the spirit and produces rewards that cannot be completely explained in words. It is an experience more powerful...

It was not till I experimented with seeds plucked straight from a growing plant that I had my first success…the first thrill of creation…the first taste of blood. This, surely, must be akin to the...

Time, what God first deemed holy above all else (Genesis 2:3). Thank God for the time, and very God enters that time, presence hallowing it…. I awake to I AM here. When I’m present, I...

The source calls to you. Find a quiet place and listen for the voice of creation. Look upon the horizon and see the future of your new life, where you are again a natural soul...

True happiness is always self-forgetful: it loses itself in the object of its joy. As the joy of the Holy Ghost fills us, and we rejoice in God the Holy One, through our Lord Jesus...

To develop understanding and compassion for who we are as introverts, we must be able to explore who we are, what makes us happy, what makes us unhappy, and what oursubsequent needs are.

And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the truths and hopes they have brought to America. They see...

In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.[Dedication to Sagan’s wife, Ann Druyan, in Cosmos]

Don’t always seek the approval of others concerning your goals or dreams. Not everyone wants to see you succeed, just because they are not successful.

When you do great things, Expect greater things. None of your works are done in vain. You will achieve what you set forth to accomplish!