Joy is the realest reality, the fullest life, and joy is always given, never grasped. God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.

From the mud of adversity grows the lotus of joy

At these times, the things that troubled her seemed far away and unimportant: all that mattered was the hum of the bees and the chirp of birdsong, the way the sun gleamed on the edge...

A man seeking publicity works with the noise of voice; A man working for humanity seeks the silence of rejoice in life.

What are five things you are grateful for? Right now? Open to gratitude and you will soften into joy.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Even when you can’t see, God is working it out. You should not be discouraged or give up hope. Keep the Faith! Your situation is not your destination. God will do what he promised, you...

You see the bird and you see its flight.You can not see through its eyes. Therefore, you don’t know its plight.

A homeless man visited my store today. The few quarters that he had in his pocket he invested on books. I offered him free books, but he insisted on giving me his quarters. He walked...

I like joy; I want to be joyous. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that`s all I want. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.

Happiness is the inner perception of calmness, tranquility and joy.

Sylvia possessed a deeply conditioned respect for authority. She wanted desperately to live up to the expectations of a society that viewed her as a bright, charming, enormously talented disciple of bourgeois conformity. On the...

To be happy to be sad and sad to be happy is to sing an echo in that beautiful language called Sorrow.

Mindfulness and awareness is the bridge between reaction and conscious choice.

The events that occur in my life are workout situations. They are there for my benefit so I can become strong and gain wisdom and information by working my way through those situations.

The winners of life’s game always set and have goals in focus that they score to fulfill their purposes of existence and making the planet earth to celebrate joy; the losers make life bitter for...

When you hear “Action” do it.When you see Elephants,Believe in it.When you want to do something do it now.

happiness”. It has its own definition. Pleasure may or may not come from hard work; Pleasure may or may not come from sin; However, happiness is always divine and comes from fulfillment!

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...

It’s laughter that lubricates our irritations, that releases our tensions, that feeds our joy… it’s the laughter that helps keep things warm and joyful even in the midst of pain.

Do not try the parallels in that way: I know that way all along. I have measured that bottomless night, and all the light and all the joy of my life went out there.[Having himself...

The coming and going of the seasons give us more than the springtimes, summers, autumns, and winters of our lives. It reflects the coming and going of the circumstances of our lives like the glassy...

Letting go of someone we love is the hardest thing we will ever do. Some people never surrender to love for the fear of being hurt. But to not have loved, to not have felt...

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...