I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

alone, condemned, deserted, as those who are about to die are alone, there was a luxury in it, an isolation full of sublimity; a freedom which the attached can never know

If [you] are [a Christian] … you should feel secure and honored that God loves you so much! That knowledge is a joy and a privilege. No one can ever take that from you because...

I think people need to know that there’s great peace and joy in knowing the Lord – the Lord Jesus Christ – as your savior.

Your dream is to feel good; God’s dream is for you to do good.

Gene [Siskel] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the front, turn around, and look at the light from the screen...

Quassù, la sensazione che la natura ha una sua presenza psichica è fortissima. A volte, quando tutto imbacuccato contro il freddo mi fermo ad osservare, seduto su un grotto, il primo raggio di sole che...

I could see it on the faces of people as they passed. I would smile to share my joy, but it was AS IF I upset them with my happiness. In Confusion they would reply...

I believe it all. If I seem not to, it is only that my joy is too great to let my belief settle itself.

The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.

…she felt as if her entire body were glowing with the taste of sunlight, of wind blowing in wide spaces and trees reaching their burdened arms to boundless skies.

My baby is the joy in my life.

Success is the relentless pursuit of joy.

You are made precious and pure that every single part of you is the treasure that a man would be grateful for. Above all, you are made by the love of God that a man...

If we never experience the chill of a dark winter, it is very unlikely that we will ever cherish the warmth of a bright summer’s day. Nothing stimulates our appetite for the simple joys of...

Do not allow another person to set you back. Continue moving forward not backwards. When someone pulls you back, be like the arrow to a bow and spring forth greater than ever. And, what they...

Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.

There is more reason to say grace before beginning a book than there is to say it before beginning to dine.

We have to understand that to rejoice is to do something, not to feel something” (p. 44).

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Every time I listen to this song, its like I regain my soul. its a hurtful joy far deep in my heart.

real world”. Refuse normalcy. Beauty is everywhere, love is endless, and joy bleeds from our everyday existence. Embrace it. I love all of you, all my friends, family, and community. I am ceaselessly grateful from...

Traditionally, there have been two major strains of motivation (or perceived motivations) in anarchist politics: Duty and Joy. Like any duality, it is easy to fall into the trap of simplistic black and white labels,...

Feelings are involuntary reactions, so God does not say, “Feel joy.” He says, “Rejoice!” It’s a choice.

People are prettiest when they smile with joy.

God is not ignoring your prayers, He is working behind the scene perfecting all that concerns you, praise Him.

Write and create a blue sky Forever with joy where I can fly.

It’s only when you learn, live and give sincere service that you can experience life’s deepest fulfillment and true joy

For the normal man, life is an undisputed reality; only the sick man is delighted by life and praises it so that he won’t collapse.

It is your sole responsibility to protect your peace of mind at all times. Don’t allow miserable people to steal your joy. Many of them hate to see others happy and doing well. A lot...

You know,” Marion said, “I met a woman once when I was a teenager. I knew she had gone through a lot but she was so strong, so compassionate. I asked her how she could...

In anything there has to be dark and light. There’s a lot of joy in my paintings and a lot of darkness.

It’s been a joy to be a part of other people’s journey, to be able to inspire and be a part of new singers coming up in this business.

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.

But to enjoy him we must know him. Seeing is savoring. If he remains a blurry, vague fog, we may be intrigued for a season. But we will not be stunned with joy, as when...

No one should ever be punished for feeling love.

There is only one thing children find harder to hold back than tears, and that is joy.

They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I’ve ever seen.

Most of us don’t fear that we are not enough; what most of us really fear is our own greatness. Most of us have a fear of success. Why? Because we don’t think that we...

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

God does not bless religious efforts—He blesses heart-felt obedience.

I love the quietude of misty dawn before the sober sun is up… The morning songs of birds awakening in blooming garden sets my soul gently… Aroma flowers with glistering of the dew… Deep full...

inside the soul everyone possesses the same urge for complete silence of joy

Towards the end of the season it is not bad to have the body. To have experienced joy as the mere lifting of hunger is not to have known it less.

[Hailing the days of Israeli pullout as] historic days of joy … we want on this occasion to pay homage to our martyrs, to our prisoners, to our wounded and all those among our people...

And, I think, this greening does thaw at the edges, at least, of my own cold season. Joy sneaks in: listening to music, riding my bicycle, I catch myself feeling, in a way that’s as...

It is good to be imperfect so that we retain our joy to work hard to rise to perfection!

And suddenly I rejoiced in the great security of the sea as compared with the unrest of the land, in my choice of that untempted life presenting no disquieting problems, invested with an elementary moral...

When we face our fear of death and slow down our busy lives, we come to realize our relationships are precious, a part of life’s foundation. Knowing this fact helps us to understand that death’s...

The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.