Quotes About Joy

Nothing had ever been so welcome by its absence.

Father thought that the first stage of human happiness was a 'fellowship with essence

I teach him how to pair such technique with masculine or feminine caesura, or the joys of alternating iambic foot with unstressed pyrrhic, or the self-indulgence of the frequent spondee. I

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

I try to remember that the job — as well as the plight, and the unexpected joy — of the artist is to embrace uncertainty, to be sharpened and honed by it.

Pues las alegrías súbitas, como las penas, al principio desconciertan.

I could almost set down as many extravagant things done in the excess of their joy as of their grief; but that would be to lessen the value of it.

For sudden joys, like grief's, confound at first.

I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed rather than what I wanted; and this gave me sometimes such secret comforts, that I cannot express them;

I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed rather than what I wanted; and this gave me sometimes such secret comforts, that I cannot express them; and which I take notice of here, to put those discontented people in mind of it, who cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them, because they see and covet something that He has not given them.

Ne poznavaju?i opasnost koja mi prijeti, bio sam jednako sretan kao da je zapravo i nije bilo.

No vaya a ser que la sorpresa arranque de su corazón el espíritu animal de la vida y termine con él. Pues las alegrías repentinas, como las penas, confunden al principio

Our journey begins in Part One with new discoveries about the brain's emotional architecture that offer an explanation of those most baffling moments in our lives when feeling overwhelms all rationality. Understanding the interplay of brain structures that rule our moments of rage and fear—or passion and joy—reveals

The positive lens keeps the joy in practice and learning - the reason even the most seasoned athletes and performers still enjoy rehearsing their moves. You need the negative focus to survive, but a positive one to thrive. You need both, but in the right ratio.

Whether we're trying to hone a skill in sports or music, enhance our memory power, or listen better, the core elements of smart practice are the same: ideally, a potent combination of joy, smart tactics, and full focus.

Un estudio de la Escuela de Dirección de Empresas de la Universidad de Yale descubrió que en los grupos de trabajo la alegría y la cordialidad son lo que se transmite con más rapidez, mientras que la irritabilidad es menos contagiosa y la depresión prácticamente no se propaga

Independientemente de que se trate de desarrollar una habilidad deportiva o musical, de fortalecer nuestra memoria o de escuchar a los demás, las claves de la práctica inteligente son siempre las mismas, una combinación agradable, en términos ideales, de alegría, estrategia inteligente y concentración.

The monkeys solved the puzzle simply because they found it gratifying to solve puzzles. They enjoyed it. The joy of the task was its own reward.

And then like a song we'd forgotten was even on the mix, you stepped into the house and my whole life.

I was too jitterbuggy happy to sleep, and the whole day kept playing in my brain's little screening room.

There is only laughing across the land as the car moves you along, on your way someplace with love in the car.

Why is there mean, when there are better things than mean, love particularly?

Recent research in social psychology has shown that happy people are not people who have more; rather, they are people who are happy with what they already have. Happy people engage in satisficing all of the time, even if they don't know it.

but what they don't understand is that I'm living at a peak of clarity and beauty I never knew existed. Every part of me is attuned to the work. I soak it up into my pores during the day, and at night-in the moments before I pass off to sleep-ideas explode into my head like fireworks. There is no greater joy than the burst of solution to a problem.