Quotes About Joy

Happiness often comes when least expected.

Lesson no. 17: Happiness is caring about the happiness of those you love.

Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you that it isn't, that joy is a fleeting emotion, a moment of happiness, which is always welcome, mind you. And then what about pleasure, huh? Oh, yes, that's easy, everybody knows what that is, but there again it doesn't last. But is happiness not the sum total of lots of small joys and pleasures, huh?

Lesson no. 20: Happiness is a certain way of seeing things.

It is love that transports us, that fills us with joy! Love turns life into one long adventure, every encounter is a dazzling experience - well, not always, of course, but in actual fact, it is our less successful love affairs that enable us to appreciate the others. I think love protects us from one of the biggest problems facing the modern world: boredom.

Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you that it isn't, that joy is a fleeting emotion, a moment of happiness, which is always welcome, mind you. And then what about pleasure, huh? Oh, yes, that's easy, everybody knows what that is, but there again it doesn't last.

Lesson no. 1: Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.

Exciting happiness is joy, celebration, travelling, being in bed with a woman you desire.

Happiness is knowing how to celebrate

To laugh is proper to man.

The pleasure of being - a forgotten pleasure not even known to so many blind humans - that thought so sweet, that happiness so pure, "I am, I live, I exist," could bring happiness all by itself if one remembered it, if one enjoyed it, if one treasured it as befits its worth.

Bonheur: faire ce que l'on veut et vouloir ce que l'on fait

Il y a une forme de légèreté et de grâce dans le simple fait d'exister, au-delà des occupations, au-delà des sentiments forts, au-delà des engagements, et c'est de cela que j'ai voulu rendre compte. De ce petit plus qui nous est donné à tous : le sel de la vie.

And that, that was wonderful.

It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.

And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.

However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'.

Here we are, all these years later, standing back and watching our grown children have their lives - through ordinary times, through heartbreak and anguish. But even after horrible events, we are sometimes blessed with a moment of unexpected joy. We learn to grasp, to hold tightly to these moments for the short time they exist.

Your inner joy is nurtured by your awareness of and gratitude for My abiding presence.

Life is supposed to be fun. It's not a job or occupation. We're here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.

Blessed are those who yodel - for they shall never be troubled by offers of work.

Today is the greatest Day I've ever known Can't live for tomorrow, Tomorrow's much too long....

Do something special on your birthday. Whatever you do, celebrate the fact that you're here, and that people love you and you love them. We only do this once.

but I had learned over the years that if you're not happy doing what you're doing, then you shouldn't be doing it.