Quotes About Joy

The affirmation of one's essential being in spite of desires and anxieties creates joy.

I'd rather dance than eat.

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.

Live joyfully, without desire.

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.

Desire and happiness cannot live together.

children are simply human beings who are allowed to do what everyone else really desires to do, as for instance, to fly kites, or when seriously wronged to emit prolonged screams for several minutes.

May you be blessed with everything your heart desires.

At Christmas, I no more desire a rose.

I'll never forget the moment I became a dad. It's hard to describe-that level of responsibility, the desire to give such joy, the clarity: Nothing is more important than this.

All joy... emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings.

An improper art aims at exciting in the way of comedy the feeling of desire but the feeling which is proper to comic art is the feeling of joy.

Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps.

Space and silence are synonymous. Joy, fulfillment brings the silence. Desire brings noise. Silence is the cure, because in silence you come back to the source, and that creates joy

Your readiest desire is your path to joy... even if it destroys you.

God's gift to his sorrowing creatures is a joy worthy of their destiny.

The certain pathway to all things that you want is through the corridor of joy.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.

Endings are not our destiny...They are merely interruptions-temporary pauses that one day will seem small compared to the eternal joy awaiting the faithful.

I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.

In your daily life, let your destined visions be farther than your gifted sight and your ultimate joy be vibrant than your demeaning worries. Think big, dream big.

The struggle which is not joyous is the wrong struggle. The joy of the struggle is not hedonism and hilarity, but the sense of purpose, achievement and dignity.

Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.