Let today be the day you control your emotions. Don’t let them get the best of you. Whatever you are feeling right now should not be overwhelming. Don’t allow others to dampen your spirit. You...

The life of Man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long....

Greater than all the joy of success and victory is the joy of true love and the of giving of yourself.

Music… will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you.

They are funny little representatives of simplicity, of awareness. No one is more aware of themselves as these children are. They have nothing, have no one but us, have seemingly no reason to be hopeful…yet...

I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.

Pan, who and what art thou?” he cried huskily.”I’m youth, I’m joy,” Peter answered at a venture, “I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

the laughter and joy of puppies helped.

Discovering the ‘impossible’ ending to a new book makes me sick with joy and relief.

Express gratitude for love, joy, and beauty of life, to expand your happiness.

Be a hard worker. Work and happiness are like mother and daughter. Work brings forth happiness. Hard work brings great happiness. Enjoy life.

Service is joy, Service is the kindnessService is love, Service is the happiness

He found the building in front of which he had stood in the sun all day waiting to be discharged, in which the crazy doctor had suggested that he stay over another day to let...

I think the idea of simply “enduring to the end” is a terrible philosophy and an awful way to live one’s life. How you spend your days is how you live your life, and if...

we got out of the car for air and suddenly both of us were stoned with joy to realize that in the darkness all around us was fragrant green grass and the smell of fresh...

Our true nature is bliss. That bliss is like the sun that always shines. It remains ever present, but the events in life and clouds of worry and even emotions like happiness may obscure it...

I remembered reading somewhere that if you smile at something, it automatically makes you happier.

Amid the joy of raising children will be some of the hardest work you’ll ever do.

For all beings within this universal kingdom, their magnetic north rests in genuine mirth.

faith” cannot please God. It is not saving faith. Saving faith is the confidence that if you sell all you have and forsake all sinful pleasures, the hidden treasure of holy joy will satisfy your...

There are so many unsung heroines and heroes at this broken moment in our collective story, so many courageous persons who, unbeknownst to themselves, are holding together the world by their resolute love or contagious...

The Christian living in disobedience also lives devoid of joy and hope. But when he begins to understand that Christ has delivered him from the reign of sin, when he begins to see that he...

Fear pounds on the door to our heart demanding to be let in. Joy is modest and often comes into our lives like a shy person entering a room; it can take a while to...

One of the secrets of life is to find joy in the journey.” But Grandma, you weren’t on *this* journey. It was just crazy–“Grandma held up her hand. “You have six brothers. You got to...

Because beyond their practical function, all gestures have a meaning that exceeds the intention of those who make them; when people in bathing suits fling themselves into the water, it is joy itself that shows...

Now here it was after all, preserved by some considerate hand with varnisch and wax. Preserved along with it, like stale air in an unopened room, was the well known fear which had surrounded and...

… ancient days of sorrowancient days of pain-heartaches of the pastslowly began to wane …(from gleaning granules)

But tears are an indulgence. Memory sings.

It is strange,’ he said at last. ‘I had longed to enter the world of men. Now I see it filled with sorrow, with cruelty and treachery, with those who would destroy all around them.’...

Relationships are painful when they are not working and so joyful when they are.

Where ignorance is bliss, awareness is joy, and self-awareness is orgasmic.

Growth is achieved when truth is revealed.

If we could all love each and every person that crosses our path a little bit more, we could attain inner peace with the knowledge that many people on this planet would be hurting a...

A few years ago I spent Christmas and New Years alone. No family. No friends. No gifts. A little tree with some lights on it. A small Christmas dinner (in a can). Far from home...

We know how to work hard. We know how to go for the goal. We know how to achieve, achieve, achieve but we don’t know how to enjoy the journey.

All that I am. All that I will be is defined by this moment.

Even a grain of sand united with an oyster can make a pearl.

He wants her to want him with the same intensity. She looks upon him with lusts draw and whispers, “Take me, I am yours.

Crying is NOT a weakness. Cry as much as you have to. Don’t be afraid or ashamed to let your tears flow. Crying is a natural part of life. We all have feelings, and sometimes...

When women are true,brave, kind and compassionate the World can have an era of peace and joy!

Fear and hate create separation, love and joy creates belongingness and wholeness.

The process of living, for each of us, is pretty similar. For every gain there is a setback. For every success, a failure. For every moment of joy, a time of sadness. For every hope...

Joy is possible no matter what you have experienced in your life…

I would like just a little of her sunshine to soak into my soul. I would like that a lot.

Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.

The melancholy river bears us on. When the moon comes through the trailing willow boughs, I see your face, I hear your voice and the bird singing as we pass the osier bed. What are...

We seek love in relationships, peace in security, and joy in material things…but these feelings are divine and not dependent on any outer circumstances.

The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.

Do not conform to seek the seekers, but leave the leavers. Wisdom comes from facing what you do not yet understand.

She was another gift, surely, to us all. She was a happiness that made me cry.