Quotes About Joy

I'm as happy entertaining one person as I am entertaining a million people.

I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've ever written and, as any writer will tell you, happy songs are a million times more difficult to write than sad songs.

I know there are millions of people out there having just as good a time as I am.

I try to only read light things when I'm working on my books, and in the evenings I watch a lot of mindless TV. I have to break up the 'dark,' or I wouldn't be a very happy person.

My mindset: Run through people, but have a good time doing it.

A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married.

Life isn't that complicated. I'm completely happy playing football. I'm happy to get out of the coal mines.

I have two mini dachshunds, Lola and Charlie.

We must shout out from the rooftops that Minneapolis is the best place on Earth.

There's a great need to convene at the table with family and friends. People are feeling it and wanting it. For me to be a minor player in helping with that, it makes me so happy.

Every minute I'm on the set, it's play time for me. I feel like I'm on the beach!

I just got off stage playing with Lynyrd Skynyrd a minute ago. It was a great show. Got to meet some incredible guests. This is the bee's knees.

When I was little, my mom would dress me up and take me downtown on the Carondelet bus, which in itself was exciting. We would go to see Santa Claus at Famous-Barr. The decorations were so pretty. The line was long, but that just gave me more time to enjoy Santa's Toyland. I loved every minute of it.

When I was a kid, I never thought about anything. Never had to think about where I was going to school or what I was going to do. I just lived minute to minute.

Honest to goodness, Brian Campbell, he was holding the Cup, and there was no one around for a minute. He says, 'Hold this for a second.' So he hands it to me - one of the best moments of my life.

Being a father is just great. I love every minute - even the rubbish, middle-of-the night stuff.

Elements like these are within us and all around us. In each second of our lives we can enjoy them. If we do so, seeds of peace, joy, and happiness will be planted in us, and they will become strong. The secret to happiness is happiness itself. Wherever we are, any time, we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other, the wonder of our breathing. We don't have to travel anywhere else to do so. We can be in touch with these things right now.

Cuando somos conscientes y vivimos profundamente el momento presente, los frutos son siempre la comprensión, la aceptación, el amor y el deseo de aliviar el sufrimiento y proporcionar alegría.

Al inhalar, contemplo cómo lo abandono. Al exhalar, siento la dicha de abandonarlo. (Contemplando cómo lo abandono. Dicha.)

Touching the ultimate dimension is very important. The wave can live the life of a wave, but it can also do better. It can live every moment of its life deeply touching its nature of no-birth and no-death, that is, its nature as water. If the wave realizes that it is water, its fear disappears. It enjoys its rising and falling much more. Rising is joyful, and falling is, too.

How can we stop this state of agitation? How can we stop our fear, despair, anger, and craving? We can stop by practicing mindful breathing, mindful walking, mindful smiling, and deep looking in order to understand. When we are mindful, touching deeply the present moment, the fruits are always understanding, acceptance, love, and the desire to relieve suffering and bring joy.

don't exercise to get fit or be healthier; I do it to enjoy being alive.

Nuestra vida debe tener sentido, y ese sentido consiste en aliviar el sufrimiento ajeno y ayudar a los demás a permanecer en contacto con la alegría de la vida.

a retreat. These exercises can be called the food of joy. In the Dhyana School, there is the expression "meditation as the food of joy," which means that the feeling of joy arising from the practice of meditation nourishes and sustains us.