Quotes About Joy

How strangely are things compounded! In a trice may joy turn to sorrow, should one halt long enough over it: in a trice only God can say what ideas may strike one.

Entre las penas con que nuestra vida está tejida, luce siempre un chispazo de alegría.

The last day before Christmas had passed

But nothing on this earth lasts for a long time, and thus even joy is not as vivid the second moment as it is the first; the third moment, it becomes still weaker, and finally it merges unnoticeably with the normal state of one's soul,

Life has been given us to enjoy.

Many search for happiness as we look for a hat we wear on our heads.

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. . . . All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.

The ultimate reason for an action is thus that it increases happiness.18 More

Sunny. Proves rich or poor doesn't matter, if you ask me. Some people are just born happy. I think that's the luckiest thing. If you're sunny inside, you never have to worry about the weather.

If you're sunny inside, you never have to worry about the weather.

been like that his whole life," Aunt Rosie said with deep fondness. "Sunny. Proves rich or poor doesn't matter, if you ask me. Some people are just born happy. I think that's the luckiest thing. If you're sunny inside, you never have to worry about the weather.

But Finbarr smiled differently, not out of amusement, but happiness. As if he liked the world and enjoyed being in it.

Some people are just born happy. I think that's the luckiest thing. If you're sunny inside, you never have to worry about the weather.

We performed in front of the camera with unabashed joy, as if we lived only for that moment. And in fact we had, for our work did not stand the test of time. Our images -- quite literally -- crumbled.

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

When the world does not hold and bind you, it becomes an abode of joy and beauty. You can be happy in the world only when you are free of it.

Life's not easy, try romancing with it.

CHRISTMAS is at our throats again.

Life is glorious, but it can be counted on to be cruel.

The world of children is the world that makes sense.

She liked his eyes, the way they crinkled when he smiled.

It's hard to be sad when you're being useful. And he liked that idea. That service to others brought happiness.