Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being,...

West Wind #2You are young. So you know everything. You leap into the boat and begin rowing. But listen to me. Without fanfare, without embarrassment, without any doubt, I talk directly to your soul. Listen...

No matter the joy in heaven, its coldness will make you bask beside the flames of hell.

It’s only natural to feel lonely after the enjoyable moments pass. But as you experience new joys those feelings of sorrow will start to fade.

But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as in the first; in the third minute it becomes still weaker and finally...

Heaven is not heaven without Christ. It is better to be in any place with Christ than to be in heaven itself without him. All delicacies without Christ are but as a funeral banquet. Where...

When an Angel whispers in your ear, it is your heart that hears thy message.

Spread LOVE and KINDNESS wherever you go. Then you can be sure you are never far from it!

We hunger after the sweet nectar of happiness without understanding that it is harvested from the flowering field of good deeds.

…nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.

My contemplation is an excruciation only because it is also a joy.

Happiness is being emerged in thoughts of you.

You are my treasure.

Why not laugh again, and let your joy be my monument?

…But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since, its votaries have been subject, above the people of all other creeds, to...

Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.

If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it—through the words you use to describe yourself, the actions you take to care for yourself, and the choices you...

Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its spring deep down inside. And...

From the cradle to the grave, joy and pain is the fertilizer for wisdom.

Life moves for people who move their bodies!

The path of love is not a tedious path. It’s a path of joy. It’s a path of singing and dancing.

Both joy and gratitude go hand in hand together. More grateful you are more joyful you will be.

There are many roads that lead to a happy joyful life but two of the most useful are called kindness and compassion”.

Once again discovered: Do what you do because you enjoy. If expect others to give credit or honor your work, you are due for disappointment

No one is ever a victim of life; we are all volunteering to grow.

Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained.

Everywhere we shine death and life burn into something new…

All joy… emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings.

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance. Play isn’t passive.

The true creator-self is a light-at-heart and care-free child, who accesses destiny as a simple act of joyful play.

A writer will divine a metaphor from a pattern on a dress, or a gesture, because sunsets have been done before.

Focus your heart, mind, and soul on joy and you’ll find ultimate success and fulfillment.

Each heart knows its own bitterness and no one else can share its joy.

Your choices are the reason you are who you are today. When you look back, maybe thinking you shouldn’t have done a particular thing, don’t stay there. Live for this very moment. After all, this...

If you have a big idea or plan that you desire to execute, don’t depend solely on others to appreciate your efforts. You must have the ability to encourage yourself. At times seeking encouragement from...

The golden moments of your life blend in fulfilment with the deepest joy and love you share with your love ones.

People will not remember what you did for living,they will remember how you touched them with kindness and loving.

The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God’s inspiration. Real life is response to the best within us. To be alive only to appetite, pleasure,...

Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy, and make the most of where you are

I enjoy melancholic music and art. They take me to places I don’t normally get to go.

Joy, like love, is an impenetrable, God-given state of being. The distinctions between joy and happiness and love and affection are important ones under the notion that happiness is an ‘iffy’ emotion, a highly dependent...

Truthfully, there’re only a handful of people in this world who really get joy from seeing you happy. Most won’t care if you’re happy, only if you’re miserable like they are. They eat that shit...