We should always refrain from speaking harsh words that inflict pain. Our speech should be such that it gives joy to others.

Shattered edges of the diamonds rough sets to cut the unsuspecting.

Love one another gently.

The measure of space & time creates an echo of haunting distance between us, yet we are close, we are united in the love we forge together.

Man derives all the joy and peace that he needs from within himself and not from sources outside himself. So the best spiritual discipline is, strengthen the inward vision.

Our basic relationship to sex mirrors our whole relationship to life.

We could all do with a bit more joy in our lives couldn’t we? The wonderful thing is that when we start spreading joy, we begin to actually experience more joy in our lives too!

Joy is temporary, Happiness is permanent; for it comes out from positive mind and is an art of tension free heart.

Although not a very old man, I have yet lived a great deal in my life, and I have known sorrow too bitter and joy too keen to allow me to become either cast down...

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....

Quiet moments bring you closer to God. It’s your silent time within your own private sanctuary. People have so many things to talk about, worry about, think about, without giving themselves peace within. Quiet moments...

You make the choice concerning who you associate with on a daily basis. Whenever there are people around you who continually gossip or nag, you have the option to entertain that nonsense or leave it...

Revive your inner spirit! Break free from all things weighing you down, grab hold of your strong rope and lift yourself out of hopelessness!

There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.

For a few minutes the anxiety that tormented him had vanished, leaving his mind as serene as the beauty he looked at. Very lovely, he thought, are the sudden moments of relief that come in...

My mind to me a kingdom is,Such present joys therein I find,That it excels all other blissThat world affords or grows by kind.Though much I want which most would have,Yet still my mind forbids to...

God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself.

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it

Life’s good when it’s lived for oneself; it’s great when lived for others. The true means of happiness is to lose your mind by thinking for others!

Destruction is always an attractive idea. My brother and I used to spend weeks making models of cities so that we could destroy them in 15 minutes. There’s a fantastic joy in destroying something that...

Writing comes from the fear of failure not from the joy of winning.

The rule for J.O.Y is Jesus, Others and You. You can’t have a perfect joy if all you think about is about how to groom your life!

We are the source of infinite love, infinite joy, and infinite happiness, but we spend our whole life looking for love, joy and happiness. How foolish is this?

In our unpacking process, we must own it before we can disown it!” EL

LET’S GO BACK HOMEI can’t think about you,Without smiling.What I wouldn’t give,To go back there,Take you in my arms,Kiss you, And tell you,”I still love you.”It’s been three decades now,And still your smile’s with me,Your...

The monkeys solved the puzzle simply because they found it gratifying to solve puzzles. They enjoyed it. The joy of the task was its own reward.

Man is fond of reckoning up his troubles, but does not count his joys.

A Second Childhood.”When all my days are endingAnd I have no song to sing,I think that I shall not be too oldTo stare at everything;As I stared once at a nursery doorOr a tall tree...

To be God’s people, to love Him fervently with whole hearts, is our sole desire.

It’s easy to be heavy; hard to be light.

The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.

Tomorrow always has the potential for sunshine.

But it turns out Joy is a house built from the same bricks as Sorrow. Pleasure is a poem, and it uses the same words as Pain.

If there is a particular person in your life that is repeatedly choosing not to honor you and is causing you more sadness or pain than they are joy – it might be time to...

You can’t dissect a joy without killing it.

Today is Your Day to Dance Lightly with Life. It Really Is.

Now some of you will say that the two are one and the same – happiness and joy – but this is not so. Happiness is a feeling. Happiness is fleeting, dependent on the moment,...

I think I run my strongest when I run with joy, with gratitude, with focus, with grace.