Quotes About Joy

It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.

Oh the joy of an idée fixe! The contentment of a life taken up some ideal, any ideal! A gentle trap to catch the infinite, like the sun in a piece of mirror in a child's hand.

Is this not the collector's exquisite pleasure, that his desire should know no bounds, should reach out into the infinite, should never know full possession which disappoints by its very completeness. O what joy to be able to postpone the fulfillment of desire to infinity!

The change in the girl's face was more subtle, almost invisible; it was not joy, there was no sparkle, but something like a serene contentment. It was as though she had ripened, as though there were a growing plenitude in her, never there before.

Happy countries are all alike; each unhappy country is unhappy in its own way, as has been written.

merriment, the ache in her side that

The man had looked directly at the camera, making a connection she could feel through the years that separated them. He had his arm around the woman, and his smile was a beacon of happiness he plainly wanted the world to see. The woman had her arm around the man's waist. She was gazing up at him, her joy so complete and intimate that being a witness almost seemed an invasion of her privacy.

Living out here has just meant happiness. Sometimes I think I'm half-mad with love for this place.

I can tell you, from a fund of experience, that one can be taken down from the rack, closer to death than to life—and then still have the most exquisite joys ahead of one.

It was my birthday. I lay there savouring the feeling of having a whole day to myself when people would give me presents and the family would be forced to accede to any reasonable requests.

The most wonderful, beautiful things in life are the simple things which we have all forgotten.

Here in Corfu,' said Theodore, his eyes twinkling with pride, 'anything can happen.

I'm making some scones,' said Mother, and sighs of satisfaction ran round the table, for Mother's scones, wearing cloaks of home-made strawberry jam, butter, and cream, were a delicacy all of us adored.

Roger and I would make our way down through the breathless olive groves, vibrating with the cries of the cicadas, and pad our way along the dusty road, Roger sneezing voluptuously as his great paws stirred up the dust, which went up his nose like snuff.

to bring us a handful of figs from his tree or a few almonds, milky and fresh, which we would crack between the smooth stones on the beach.

yellow as a primrose, some great fat white doves

For God has comforted Zion, and will take pity on all her waste places; Turning her wilderness into an Eden, her desert into the garden of God. Joy and gladness will be found in her, and thanksgiving, and the sounds of singing."12

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and there will never be a time when it is not now.

Most "comfort food" should actually be labeled "discomfort food" because of its disease-causing potential. 2) Choose the rainbow-colored foods that will leave you light and refreshed, whistling with energy and joy and keeping your lymph (and the rest of your body's systems) running strong. Best of all, you can do this and have fun with food, so that your tongue is as satisfied as the rest of your body.

Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy they heed not our expectancy But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile.

The next day, to the joy of all of Arthur's court, Sir Gareth was wed to the fair Lady Lyonesse of Cornwall. All who beheld the couple declared that ne'er had so handsome a knight wed so beautiful a maiden. At the same time, Sir Gaheris was wedded to the Lady Lynet, younger sister to the Lady Lyonesse. They looked alright too.

And her laughter was like the wind, the water, and a thousand songbirds singing together.

Es indispensable tomar las cosas más a la ligera, eliminar el dramatismo y optar por la felicidad; crear un ambiente familiar lleno de risas, diversión y un poco de la simple trivialidad cotidiana de la vida.

tener padres felices y relajados es el mayor regalo que podemos dar a nuestros hijos.