Quotes About Joy
Oh, do not scowl at me, reader, I do not intend to convey the impression that I did not manage to be happy.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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Did he like elms? Did he know Joyce's poem about the two washerwomen? He did, indeed. Did he like it? He did. In fact he was beginning to like very much arbors and ardors and Adas
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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Perhaps what matters is not the human pain or joy at all but, rather, the play of shadow and light on a live body, the harmony of trifles assembled...in a unique and inimitable way.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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soha nem szabad elfelejtenünk, hogy az ember ereje, méltósága és öröme abban rejlik, hogy dacolva megveti azokat az árnyakat és csillagokat, amelyek elrejtik elÅ'lünk titkainkat.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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Yatmadan önce okuyabileceÄŸiniz iyi bir kitaba sahip olduÄŸunuzu bilmek zevklerin en büyüÄŸüdür.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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It is all part of the fun of being young and alive and beautiful
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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Living does mean accepting the loss of one joy after another, not even joys in her case, mere possibilities of improvement.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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I entered a plane of being where nothing mattered, save the infusion of joy brewed within my body. What had begun as a delicious distention of my innermost roots became a glowing tingle which now had reached that state of absolute security, confidence and reliance not found elsewhere in conscious life.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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Art is a divine game.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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Stop moping! she would cry: Look at the harlequins! What harlequins? Where? Oh, everywhere. All around you. Trees are harlequins, words are harlequins. So are situations and sums. Put two things together jokes, images and you get a triple harlequin. Come on! Play! Invent the world! Invent reality!
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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It is certainly not then -- not in dreams -- but when one is wide awake, at moments of robust joy and achievement, on the highest terrace of consciousness, that mortality has a chance to peer beyond its own limits, from the mast, from the past and its castle tower. And although nothing much can be seen through the mist, there is somehow the blissful feeling that one is looking in the right direction.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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There was an ecstasy, a madness about her frolics that was too much of a glad thing.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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Martin was one of those people for whom a good book before sleep is something to look forward to all day. Such a person, upon happening to recall, amidst routine occupations, that on his bedside table a book is waiting for him, in perfect safety, feels a surge of inexpressible happiness.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
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What is the real game? It is a game in which the heart is entertained, the game in which you are entertained. It is the game you will win. - Maharaji
~ W. Timothy Gallwey
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If you reflect upon your own highest moments or peak experiences. You will probably also remember them as moments of great pleasure, even ecstasy.
~ W. Timothy Gallwey
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Cele trei componente stabile ale muncii lor: performanta, invatarea si bucuria. [...] Cele trei componente ale muncii sunt interdependente. Daca, in stradania de a avea performanta, componenta de invatare este ignorata, performanta va scadea inevitabil sau se va opri la un anumit nivel. La fel, daca bucuria lipseste din ecuatia muncii, atat invatarea, cat si eprformanta vor avea de suferit.
~ W. Timothy Gallwey
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
~ W.C. Fields
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Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler.
~ W.C. Fields
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Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry— I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die. Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!
~ Langston Hughes
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Folks, I'm telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.
~ Langston Hughes
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
~ Lao Tzu
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Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.
~ Lao Tzu
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Santa Claus has already been here and everything. Want to see what he brought for you?" "Is it a big present?" "Very big." "With a big red bow on it?
~ Lara Adrian
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We all know that joy and sorrow are entirely matters of fate and have nothing whatsoever to do with planning.
~ Larissa Lai
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