Quotes About Joy

My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing joy, rage, fear triumph, yearning and confusion.

As it turns out, the final frontier of freedom is the freedom to choose one's attitude, and in the face of one's own mortality, the only conceivable choice is joy.

Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time.

je kunt je de vreugde van het ' zingen' niet voorstellen als je zelf nooit zingt zo kun je ook de weldaad van 'geloven' niet aanvoelen als je zelf niet geloofd

It is not the sound of w shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear.

Er det virkelig slik, fortsatt han for seg selv, at livet dreier seg om å miste glede, at det er en reise som starter i hemningsløs og skingrene lykke, og for hver erfaring man får, så erstattes den av en refleksjon, og dermed forminskes den helt til man sitter der, tømt for all glede, kun bebodd av...tanker?

Nei, ingenting av dette var dårlige planer, synes jeg, og jeg merket at jeg virkelig klarte å beholde den lette stemningen dagen hadde sartet med, at jeg ikke falt ned i et av de hullene jeg med jevne mellomrom synker ned i, i disse hullene i livet som stadig vekk åpner seg der hvor jeg er og som gjør at jeg ikke klarer å være til stede i gleden som hele tiden ligger foran oss alle mennesker og ber oss om å delta i seg.

Nei, ingenting av dette var dårlige planer, synes jeg, og jeg merket at jeg virkelig klarte å beholde den lette stemningen dagen hadde startet med, at jeg ikke falt ned i et av de hullene jeg med jevne mellomrom synker ned i, i disse hullene i livet som stadig vekk åpner seg der hvor jeg er og som gjør at jeg ikke klarer å være til stede i gleden som hele tiden ligger foran oss alle mennesker og ber oss om å delta i seg.

Kuulin radiosta, äiti sanoi, että hän ei koskaan elänyt yhdessä miesten kanssa. Pelkästään naisten. Niin, sanoin minä. Niin se kai oli. Onko sillä väliä? äiti kysyi. Ei, sanoin, se ei kuulu meille. Mahtoiko hänellä olla siitä jotain iloa? äiti sanoi. Toivotaan niin, sanoin. Ihminen saa niin kauhean harvoin mitään iloa rakkaudesta, äiti sanoi.

I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.

Do you know who we are Mum?" And at that moment I just look into her blue planets for eyes, and she says, "We are Daughters of Song, Mama." And at that I jump up with new life, pick her up, and say, "Now let's go play"_____

As the dark forces try to attack a person, a family, or a nation, angelic forces are ever-ready to give help. They come to your assistance once you shift yourself toward their direction and create some kind of contact with the Forces of Light. Knowing about this creates a kind of balance in our consciousness. The enemies of Light are against seven principles: Beauty, Goodness, Righteousness, Joy, Freedom, enlightenment, and expansion of consciousness.

The closer you come to your core, the greater is your joy.

And far and near kokilas hail the day

Ole iloinen, jos edes unessa saat elää lapsuuden keväät.

I want to be alone to dream about my happiness.

Don't worry we shall have wonderful dreams, and when we wake up it'll be spring.

Why do you smile all the time?" he said. "Because I am looking at you," she said

Moomintroll's mother and father always welcomed all their friends in the same quiet way, just adding another bed and putting another leaf in the dining-room table. And so Moominhouse was rather full -- a place where everyone did what they liked and seldom worried about tomorrow. Very often unexpected and disturbing things used to happen, but nobody ever had time to be bored, and that is always a good thing.

We sat talking on a rock. The air was filled with the tang of sea-weed and of something else that could only have been the ocean smell. I felt so happy that I wasn't even afraid it wouldn't last.

Fly! ropade muminmamman. Polisen är här! Hon visste inte vad hennes mumintroll hade gjort men var alldeles säker på att hon gillade det.

But Moominmamma was quite unperturbed. "Well, well!" she said, "it seems to me that our guests are having a very good time." "I hope so," replied Moominpappa. "Pass me a banana, please dear.

Seules la passion et la joie peuvent être honnêtes. Rien de ce qu'on m'a forcée à faire n'a jamais apporté de joie. Ni à moi ni à ceux qui m'entourent.