Quotes About Joy

It is often only for want of the creative spirit that we do not go far enough in suffering. And the most terrible reality brings us, at the same time as suffering, the joy of a beautiful discovery, for all that it does is to lend a new and explicit form to what we had long been turning over in our minds without suspecting

que parecía el juguete inerte y mecánico de la felicidad.

Just as it is not the wish to be famous, but a habit of hard work, that may make a creative artist of us, so it is not the joy we take in the present, but sober reflection on the past, that may enable us to safeguard the future.

In leaving Balbec, I had imagined that I was leaving Gomorrah, plucking Albertine from it; in reality, alas, Gomorrah was dispersed to all the ends of the earth. And partly out of jealousy, partly out of ignorance of such joys (a case which is rare indeed), I had arranged unawares this game of hide and seek in which Albertine was always to escape me.

and though I was obliged to see her magnificent hat, at least I managed to banish from her face the signs of a joy that I ought to have been happy to share with her, but which, as so often happens while those whom we love best are still alive, can strike us as a mere irritant, a mark of something silly and small-minded, rather than the precious revelation of the happiness we long to give to them.

Le bonheur seul est salutaire pour le corps

Kaip dažnai gyvenime b?sim? laim? šitaip pražudo nekantra patirti malonum? tuojau pat!

It has been said that beauty is the promise of happiness. Reversing the idea, the prospect of pleasure can also be the beginning of beauty.

Victor Hugo, ?öyle der: Çimenler uzamal?, çocuklar ölmeli mutlaka. Ben diyorum ki, sanat?n ac?mas?z yasas? uyar?nca, insanlar?n, kendimizin, ?st?rab?n her türünü tatt?ktan sonra ölmesi gerekir ki, unutu?un de?il, ebedî hayat?n çimleri, verimli eserlerin gür otlar? uzas?n, gelecek nesiller ne?e içinde, alt?nda uyuyanlara ald?rmadan gelip "k?rda yemek"lerini yiyebilsinler.

I shall see myself that Morel is mine." This unmistakeableness in the eyes of everyone, in his own eyes, made M. de Charlus happiest of all. For the possession of what one loves is a joy greater than love itself.

Appreciate your life with greater intensity.

And Labruyère tells us that that is everything. 'To be with the people one loves, to speak to them, not to speak to them, it is all the same.' He is right; that is the only form of happiness

Nuestros amores fueron como los misterios del rosario: gloriosos, gozosos, y cómo no, dolorosos.

Everyone suffers, who doesn't, for God's sake? So there should be some kind of manual explaining how the hell to bring back happiness in spite of your troubles.

El sufrimiento puede ensanchar tu corazón y dejar más sitio para el amor y la alegría.

La felicidad es una elección

It is essential to our well-being, and to our lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single day, do something that makes your heart sing.

Escoffier, whose philosophy was "Good food is the basis of true happiness.

Remember this, very little is needed to make a happy life.

There is most joy in virtue when 'tis hardest won.

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less will be your grief

Very little is needed to make a happy life.

Christian leaders are not Jesus' top generals. They are under-shepherds helping the flock enjoy and feed on God, out of which flows firm and secure faith: 'Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm' (2 Corinthians 1:24).

Jack's house was crayon art and blaring cartoons and the smell of casserole. Ethan