Quotes About Joy

Every moment is auspicious. There is always some magic in it.

There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is sprouting, and fermenting the second group and roasting the first group.

If you want to be happy, be happy! No one cares if you're happy or not, so why wait for permission?

what does the computer know of the comforting weight of a book in one's lap? Or of the excitement that comes from finding a set of books, dusty and tucked away in the back corner of some store? The computer can only reproduce the information in a book, and never the joyful experience of reading it.

A happy childhood is the pledge of a ripe manhood.

Every noble life becomes a revelation of the spirit which the love and joy of mankind cannot let perish from remembrance.

they danced as though they'd been waiting all their lives for each song.

Literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

You are the dawn, rolling back the dark until the beach glitters and the girls return with their buckets, holding hands.

We eat a couple of cookies in bed and I point out that there's been a change (not a bad thing but still…) in Rachel Maddow's lip gloss and he admires my keen eye and we brush the cookie crumbs onto the floor because no one is watching. I plump my pillow so vigorously, it knocks everything off my nightstand, and he laughs and says that I'm a danger to myself and others. Those moments are all I want. I want a life of this. He sighs and I sigh.

We're not here for a long time, we're here for a good time.

After a while, it got too hard not to let him take my hand in the hallway, or snug up behind me at my locker, his chin balanced on the top of head as his hands snaked around my waist. After a while I wanted to share it, to show it off, to let the world see why I was smiling like a complete idiot half the time.

Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.

More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.

Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet. Sarah L. (Sadie) Delany

That didn't stop her from being over-the-moon happy for Sierra and Cole. They were perfect

Sometimes the small dreams were all a person needed to live.

Being loved can do marvelous things for a man.

Omigod, you're gay? Isn't that awesome? Come be my friend, it'll be just like Glee!

Where's your goofy little dog?" "You watch Adventure Time?" Finn said, sounding delighted. "That's awesome!

Their entire life was about to start, and he'd never in his life seen such promise. He loved, and was loved in return, and every day in which that is true is cause for celebration. Don't miss how the story started!

They'd perfected this maneuver with the birth of Nica's fifth child and Taylor's namesake, the irrepressible Princess T.

It was like flying.

There was a lot of heart here, and a lot of joy of the game, but not a smidge of talent anywhere. And someone had wet their pants.