Quotes About Joy

Keeping in touch with the things that help us feel alive – music, books, movies, even the theatre if, mysteriously, you are that way inclined – becomes a battle, and one that many of us lose, as we get older;

People are all the fun in life - Candido's Apocalypse

Motherhood makes multiple personalities look normal and necessary.

My capitulation wasn't dependent on a legend or a Shakespearean play, however. You were the reason I fell in love, sweet, precious Sophie. His gazed softened. How could I help but love you? I feel joy just being with you. I feel pleasure at the sound of your voice...

Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.

Peleaba por descubrir sentimientos nuevos (…). Se creaban nuevas formas de alegría al tiempo que nuevas clases de tristeza. La eterna decepción de lo que es la vida, el alivio de un respiro inesperado, el miedo a la muerte".

Have a nice rest of your life.

Life without music is a mistake.

There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.

When I encounter a sunrise, a painting, a woman, or an idea that makes my heart bound like a young calf, then I know I am standing in front of happiness.

My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.

Confucius says: 'Many seek happiness higher than man; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.' That is true. So there must be a happiness to suit every man's stature.

O brain, be flowers that nightingales may come to sing!

Mutluydum; biliyordum bunu. Bir mutluluÄŸu yaÅŸarken onu kavramam?z zordur; ancak o geçip de arkam?za bakt???m?z zaman, birdenbire biraz da hayranl?kla, ne kadar mutlu olduÄŸumuzu anlar?z. Ama ben, bu Girit k?y?s?nda mutluluÄŸu ya??yor, üstelik mutlu olduÄŸumu da biliyordum.

Când toate merg anapoda, ce bucurie s? ne punem sufletul la încercare dac? are rezisten?? È™i valoreaz? ceva!

Nu-i r?spundeam; ascultându-l pe Zorbas, simÈ›eam c? lumea îÈ™i recap?t? fericirea în fiecare clip?. Lucruri de zi cu zi, p?lite de mult, îÈ›i rec?p?tau str?lucirea pe care o avuseser? la început, când ieÈ™ir? din mâinile Domnului. Apa, femeia, pâinea reveneau la izvorul primordial, tainic, È™i roata divin? prindea din nou avânt în slava cerului.

we were both joyous, not because of drinking so much wine, but because of the excessive happiness that we had inward. we both had understood, in our own ways, that we were two insects with short life spans, sticked for good onto the earth's crust, that we found a nice place by the sea behind some canes and gas cans, that we cuddled tightly, that in front of us we had good things and food, and inside of us we had peace, love and trust.

Opet sam se uverio koliko je sre?a jednostavna stvar i koliko joj malo treba – ?aša vina, kesten, jeftini mangal, huka mora; ništa više.

I have an extremely profound sadness, disturbance, uneasiness, abrupt alternation of insane joy and the most unbearable anguish.

And - God forgive me - I believe I am happy.

My principle anguish and source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh...and my soul is the arena where these two armies have clashed and met.

My joys here are great, because they are very simple and spring from the everlasting elements: the pure air, the sun, the sea and the wheaten loaf.

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.

Happiness always takes us by surprise, or perhaps it is not happiness. It is one's unhappiness diminished in size.