A LamentO world! O life! O time!On whose last steps I climb,Trembling at that where I had stood before;When will return the glory of your prime?No more — Oh, never more!Out of the day and...

The possibilities were endless. Battles would be fought. Wonders revealed. Many journeys. Many lands. Many joys. Many sorrows.But stories all…

For every moment of suffering,Others will arriveThat will instead pierce you with joy.

It’s hard to beat Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto #5” – got the tunes – got the power – got the joy.

What separates people who made their dreams come true is not setting goals to achieve a life the way they expect it to be, but how they expect to be, in order to achieve it.

God built lighthouses to see people through storms. Then he built storms to remind people to find lighthouses.

Although we cannot command it, we choose joy, making a deliberate commitment to happiness (essentially another word for peace).

To understand the *True Meaning Of Life*, just ~Study~ the *EveryDay WoMen*!!

It is true, I never stop wanting to learn the hard eucharisteo for deathbeds and dark skies and the prodigal sons. But I accept this is the way to begin, and all hard things come...

Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true purpose of humanity.

I feel that it means a lot to the people of Iran that my film is represented at the Oscars, and it makes me happy to bring them that joy, that I’m representing them and...

There is nothing dreary or doubtful about (the life). It is meant to be continually joyful…We are called to a settled happiness in the Lord whose joy is our strength.

What can we make of the inexpressible joy of children? It is a kind of gratitude, I think—the gratitude of the ten-year-old who wakes to her own energy and the brisk challenge of the world....

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it runs by.

Stop entertaining two faced people. You know the ones who have split personalities and untrustworthy habits. Nine times out of ten if they telling you stuff about another person, they’re going to tell your business...

It is not the quantity of your thoughts but the quality of your thoughts that make the difference. Thoughts can either be productive or a hindrance. But, when we focus our attention on faithfulness and...

Isn’t God the one who urges us to “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord”? Why do we always think that means singing? Seems to me the most obvious joyful sound on earth is laughter…...

If love and kindness is life’s investment, then joy and happiness will be life’s profit and dividend.

o sit and wait for joy to arrive without turning your mind to the things of Christ is like expecting the Holy Spirit to take 15 pounds off your body while sitting on the couch...

Thankfulness opens the door and ushers in peace and joy like a blessed breeze on a hot and humid Louisiana summer day.

I fall down I get up I fall down And the while I keep dancing.

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? – an enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Joy is found in Jesus when we rejoice in Him. We can rejoice our way to joy!

I’m passionate about being compassionate. It takes a lot to give of yourself, and that’s why it’s such a gift—for both the recipient and the giver.

Life is for memories, full of fun, with friends, families and joyful sun.

A writer draws a road map where readers walks with their love, joy, anger, tears, and dismay. Every story, every poem, has different meanings for every reader.

Feeling bad is not the problem.The problem is that we feel bad about feeling bad.Once you begin to let go of feeling bad about feeling bad,and start feeling better about feeling bad,then pretty soon you’ll...

Death is empowered when saints joy in faithlessness and prayerlessness

Let’s follow our curiosity & our joy.

Every time we made love, one of us cried. Mostly it was me, out of joy, but occasionally it was her, out of despair.

I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. I insisted that our...

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

She looks very virtuous and very melancholy.””Virtue is like the precious odors, most fragrant when it is crushed.

Husbands and wives, recognize that in marriage you have become one flesh. If you live for your private pleasure at the expense of your spouse, you are living against yourself and destroying your joy. But...

Trust is not hoping your partner will love you; it is KNOWING that they DO.

Your path might be a lonely one… but, you are NOT alone!

She knew there were only small joys in life–the big ones were too complicated to be joys when you got all through–and once you realized that, it took a lot of the pressure off.

As Christians, we call ourselves people of faith, but how much practical faith do we really have?

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.

Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your...

The poet’s expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.

In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self.

Whisper sweetly the tenderness of the moment. Let the love teach you the true meaning and passion of this experience we share. With gratitude and reverence for the blessings and miracles I receive and witness,...

More than almost anything else, the experience of parenthood exposes the gulf between our experiencing and remembering selves. Our experiencing selves tell researchers that we prefer doing the dishes — or napping, or shopping, or...

It should be the art of Christians to present death as a passage to a better life, to labour to bring our souls into such a condition, as to think death not to be a...

Every single day, no matter who you meet in the day – friends, family, work colleagues, strangers – give joy to them. Give a smile or a compliment or kind words or kind actions, but...

Pure truth is always present, but it is each soul’s choice to decide when he or she wants it to be revealed.

A moment of torture feels like an eternity, while an eternity of joy passes in a moment. Perhaps time is naught but an illusion.