Quotes About Joy

Hallo, miss Norton. Wat enig om je weer te ontmoeten.' - Klaus

Joy bubbles on a fountain of doubt."-Alison Croggon

She wondered if the stars could sense the vibrations of human joy and wonder, of grief and despair.

All the fears and doubts surrounding her grief and regrets were swept up into the tempest of the music, poising here in the centre of the moment, a clear vessel of joy.

It is the pain of being in the world, where so much that is fair passes into death and forgetfulness. But if we are to know joy, we must embrace that pain. You cannot have one without the other." Maerad nodded, her face downcast. Sometimes, it seemed to her, the pain far outweighed the joy.

As we leave the tribal culture of childhood behind, we lose contact with instinctive joy in self-expression: with the creative imagination, spontaneous emotion, and the ability to see the world as full of wonders.

A friendly thing a shadow is, neither ugly nor unkind, a fantastic dancing friend.

The soul has to learn how to respond when bad weather comes, as well as sudden bliss.

One has to have the experience of really believing before one can have the thrill of liberation.

Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends.

Happiness, for Rand, is not mere pleasure or desire-satisfaction. It is that state of "non-contradictory joy" (Atlas 1022) that is the concomitant of achieving what one has rationally identified as objectively good.

The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Para sempre ou para nunca mais; ou tudo ou nada: Viveremos eternamente, ou tudo se aniquilará de vez? É uma tese, essa, que se impõe. Todo homem experimenta a necessidade de viver, de gozar, de amar e ser feliz.

Where there is love there is life; where there is life there is hope.

You want coffees with your Happy Meals? Yes, we want coffee with our Happy Meals. It makes them more happy.

Alcohol is a chemical depressant and a powerful poison. It destroys us both physically and mentally. By inebriating us, it destroys every survival instinct that we possess and takes the joy of life with it. In short: it makes us feel suicidal. And that's what it amounts to: SLOW AGONIZING SUICIDE

I have only two kinds of days: happy and hysterically happy.

No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.

Whether planned or not, humor takes our mind off of our troubles.

The moments in life where everything is as it should be, are precious.

We live what God wants when He wants us to. He withholds joy for a time, then lavishes it all around. He shelters us from pain until He knows we'll live through it. The point is, what matters is this moment. How precious, precious time is. The past had to happen, and we cannot stop the future. Why, then, should we live with a spirit of fear and regret?

Laughter is complete rapture vocalized.

A mother of a one-year-old boy is a movie star in a world without critics.

Not unhappy is not the same thing as happy.