Quotes About Joy

May you be happy . . . May you be free from suffering . . . May you be healthy . . . May you find peace and joy.

The prince saw the teacher and felt immeasurable joy, A joy that was most extraordinary.

pursuing virtuous activities in the pure realms. Therefore, those capable of training the mind are not vulnerable to the proliferation of the five degenerations and remain contented. If you know how to train the mind, even your body, the body of a mind training yogi, is known as the "city that is a source of joy." For all happiness—of this and future lives, of self and others—comes

every day is an anniversary; every minute, a commemoration so there is no reason to ever be sober

They both giggled, until they'd forgotten what was funny. Eventually, they lapsed into comfortable silence, enjoying the sun.

Jenna walked in the direction of the playground with feet that didn't touch the ground, headed toward her waking dream. Now, all that was left was to live it. And she did.

And when Paul dove to embrace me, the look on his face was one of absolute, perfect joy—the kind of joy that can't be reproached, stolen, or marred—the kind that only the innocent or the ignorant are capable of experiencing.

Happiness is elusive, for sure.But like love, and music, I believe in it because I can feel it.

Happiness as a consequence of choice.

Life, Love, and the Goddamn Pursuit of Happiness.

the look on his face was one of absolute, perfect joy—the kind of joy that can't be reproached, stolen, or marred—the kind that only the innocent or the ignorant are capable of experiencing.

I wanted to freeze the moment. Freeze it and jump inside of it and stay there until it melted into the warm, swishy liquid of happy memories.

Falling in love shouldn't be hard work. It should be effortless.

A blessing is a gift.

Life is an Invitation, Provocation, and a Celebration.

bolinhos de bacalhau, the delicious codfish fritters cooked on every street corner. The riot of colour that existed everywhere, from the jungle flowers, to the women's stunning dresses, to the frescoes and stained glass windows of the tiny, baroque Chapel of St Rita, where they now stood. All of it made Gunther Hartog feel young again. Young and alive. 'What if Pierpont got wise?' The worry lines deepened on Jeff Stevens's face. 'What if…?

Healthier, perhaps, to find beauty in life and feel it expand inside of us.

relationship with God and find joy in him, the more our evangelism will be enthusiastic and infectious. It will stop being an awkward exercise imposed on conversation as an act of duty. Instead, as an overflow of full hearts, we will speak enthusiastically of the One we love. Instead of being like nearly empty toothpaste tubes, we'll become champagne bottles, waiting to explode, fizzing and bubbling over.

All too often we think of holiness as giving up the pleasures of sin for some worthy but drab life. But holiness means recognizing that the pleasures of sin are empty and temporary, while God is inviting us to magnificent, true, full, and rich pleasures that last forever.

We may not long for bread, but we long for meaning, intimacy, fulfillment, community, purpose, and joy.

The secret of gospel change is being convinced that Jesus is the good life and the fountain of joy. Any alternative we might choose would be the letdown.

The secret of gospel change is being convinced that Jesus is the good life and the fountain of all joy. Any alternative we might choose would be the letdown.

Sacrifice becomes an opportunity to express our delight in God. What we give up seems small in comparison to what we're gaining.

That's all I ask of life, residual laughter/