Quotes About Joy

When age is jocond it makes sport for death. [When age is jocund, it makes sport for death.]

Dead men may envy living mites in cheese, Or good germs even. Microbes have their joys, And subdivide, and never come to death.

My joy is death- Death, at whose name I oft have been afeard, Because I wish'd this world's eternity.

We cry coming into the world, as everyone around us laughs with joy. And we laugh with joy leaving this world, when everyone around us cries.

I believe there are ways whose ends are life instead of death.

And that was the point of children, thought Caroline Meddey: to bind us to the earth and to the present, to distract us from death.

The point to life is not only to live it, but to enjoy it.

Might not live long but I know I'ma die happy.

Why do you live?Because I have something worth living for.

Ah yes, a great victory, this 'sport'. I am sure El Toro appreciates the applause Jumping in the Puddles of Life

We clutch our bellies and roll on the floor...When I say this, it should mean laughter, not poison.

Laughter and books and wine are holy things

when you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. live your life in such a way that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.

Ellie, would you frolic in the land of forever with me?

Don't be sad because i'm dying, be happy because very second another great human being is born, another great person who gets the chance to do better things than i did.

You don't sell a commodity, you sell joy, gaiety, excitement. You aim at people's hearts, not their minds.

I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with "expressing" myself with obscure creative impressions.

Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.

I have no desire to prove anything by dancing ... I just dance.

Desire is individual. Happiness is common.

One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.

Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire.

The way to infinite joy is through the elimination of desire, - no attachments, no aversions.

You don't need a reason to be happy...your desire to be so is sufficient.