The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows of bare limbs making for sidewalk filigrees. Roses past their prime with their...

For most people there is a fascinating inconsistency in the position of St. Francis. He expressed in loftier and bolder language than any earthly thinker the conception that laughter is as divine as tears. He...

I’d rather laugh in a tent than cry in a palace.

Deep within everyone’s heart there always remains a sense of longing for that hour, that summer, that one brief moment of blossoming. For several weeks or months, rarely longer, a beautiful young woman lives outside...

Alex here. (…) Ron, I really enjoy all the help you have given me and the times we spent together. I hope that you will not be too depressed by our parting. It may be...

Michael has a connection with children, just like Mickey Mouse does, and he brings happiness to them, and joy.

If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who came not to be served by others but to serve them in joy,...

We need places to scream and run wild as well as places to be quiet.

For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I’d lose the joy.

The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need...

Their raspy kisses brand our jam tart necks, their treacherous miasma clasps our herbal thighs. Motherlessly we surrender, too many fathers we have, we, your daughters of joy.

The wind and sky know that there is no joy in unlimited freedom

Tiny GigglesSilly giggles of laughterI store upon a shelfI give some to otherI save some for myselfI am rich beyond all measureThough not with worldly wealthI store up these treasuresFor my heart and soulful health.

So let the world go, but hold fast to joy.

Love does not have gender. Love is not exclusive! Our hearts have the capacity to love so many people. The only tragedy is when fear, cultural barriers, ridiculous misunderstandings, or arbitrary numbers prevent us from...

But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one’s fate, is a great crime.

Joy begins with our convictions about spiritual truths we’re willing to bet our lives on, and truths that are lodged so deeply within us that they produce a settled assurance about God.

I have found truly jubilant Christians only in the Bible, in the Underground Church and in prison.

Fear has no place in the lives of those who choose to be victorious.

Happiness is seeing blessings in disguise, beauty under camouflage, and love amid conflict.

village.” And to pursue a life of purpose.We affirm our duty to nourish and nurture the young, to honour their caring ideals as the heart of being human. To recognize the early years as the...

Never surrender to you’re passions. Dream and live to excess.

You are the master of my heart. I am a slave to you’re soul. Intertwined in a perfect embrace that I will never release myself from.

I want you to be happy and for me to be part of that happiness.

Beyond the mask she is witness to his glorious soul. Exposed to the elements, she warms her skin in his light and essence of being.

My activities are not for publicity or propaganda or even to confer joy on others! They are for conferring joy primarily on Me!

The heart is the door to our inner woman. The heart is the door to our inner world. The power chakra relates to the inner man. The power chakra relates to the outer world. Irrespective...

It’s true that laughter really is cheap medicine. It’s a prescription anyone can afford. And best of all, you can fill it right now.

When you stop doing what insults your Soul, your Journey accelerates and your Life beings to fill with joy.

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

When we’re constantly thinking about ourselves, our world shrinks.

Real joy means immediate expansion. If we experience pure joy, immediately our heart expands. We feel that we are flying in the divine freedom-sky. The entire length and breadth of the world becomes ours, not...

Returning to life was not easy, for joy had to find its long unused paths again.

Suppose after all that death does end all. Next to eternal joy, next to being forever with those we love and those who have loved us, next to that, is to be wrapt in the...

want” should be the one you can control!

Summer is a period of luxurious growth. To be in harmony with the atmosphere of summer, awaken early in the morning and reach to the sun for nourishment to flourish as the gardens do. Work,...

Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for spiritual joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and spiritual joy you...

There is never a reason good enough to be out of alignment with peace.

If your dominant intent is to feel joy while you are doing the work, your triad of intentions-freedom, growth and joy-will come quickly and easily into alignment. See your “career” as one of creating a...

Rejecting joy to stand in solidarity with the suffering doesn’t rescue the suffering the converse does. The brave who focus and all things good and all things beautiful to give thanks for it and discover...

The intellect can only think about or analyze joy, but cannot feel it.

Joy recollected is indeed no longer the emotion itself.

Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.

Love is tears of joy, this is the baptism of fingers. (L’amour, c’est larme de joie, – C’est le baptême des doigts)

In the Light of your Wisdom, You Shine. In the Midst of your Truth, Your Faith is Evident. From inside your Spirit, You are Love.

I’ve said this before, but people love you for so many reasons. Some love you only for what you do for them. Some love you for how much money you spend. Some love you for...

People love for so many different reasons. Some love you for only what you can do for them. Others love you for how much money you have or various material things. Love is sometimes tossed...

Be grateful when you have friends who care for you, it’s a blessing to see nice happy people around us.

Let me go where love is abundant, peace is plentiful, and joy is in the air.

Tunapaswa kujisikia furaha kuu tunapokumbana na majaribu mbalimbali katika maisha yetu, tukijua kwamba kujaribiwa kwa imani yetu hutufanya wavumilivu na wapiganaji katika Jina la Yesu, na tunapaswa kuruhusu uvumilivu katika maisha yetu kwa sababu Mungu...