Quotes About Joy

Los placeres más simples de nuestra vida son nuestras mayores alegrías.

live longer, stay younger, grow far happier

The purpose of life is to love

Enjoy the process. The Sages of Sivana often spoke of this philosophy. They truly believed that a day without laughter or a day without love was a day without life.

The moment I stopped spending so much time chasing the big pleasures of life, I began to enjoy the little ones, like watching the stars dancing in a moonlit sky or soaking in the sunbeams of a glorious summer morning.

É fundamental divertires-te, enquanto percorres o caminho em direção aos teus objetivos. Nunca te esqueças do quão importante é viver com entusiasmo desenfreado. Nunca deixes de ver a beleza extraordinária de todos os seres vivos. Todas as experiências constituem lições, portanto, para de dar importância a coisas menores. Aproveita a tua vida!

Y en lo que respecta a las relaciones, solo me rodeo de seres humanos que estimulen mi alegría, que me den paz y me animen a ser un hombre mejor. La vida es demasiado valiosa como para malgastarla con gente que no te entiende.

Your best ideas will come when you least expect it. Most revolutionary thoughts don't come when you are keeping a frenetic pace; they come when you're having fun. So have some fun - it's good for business, as well as for your soul.

Stop spending so much time chasing life's big pleasures while you neglect the little ones. Slow things down. Enjoy the beauty and sacredness of all that is around you.

Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.

Joanna Macy writes that until we can grieve for our planet we cannot love it—grieving is a sign of spiritual health. But it is not enough to weep for our lost landscapes; we have to put our hands in the earth to make ourselves whole again. Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair.

I want to stand by the river in my finest dress. I want to sing, strong and hard, and stomp my feet with a hundred others so that the waters hum with our happiness. I want to dance for the renewal of the world.

And we began to sing and play, To lightly dance in rings and faster turn. No man within that hall could keep his seat But needs must dance and leap Against his will. This was the way we danced them to the door And sent them on their way into the world Where they will leap amain Till they think one kind thought. from The Dancing of the Lord of Weir

By God, if you go killing Unhappiness who'll be left in the houses?

It was about being able to dance like Cassidy did, as though no one was watching, as though the moment was infinite enough without needing to document its existence.

said. I laughed. I know now: I didn't laugh much until I met Rachel. It's corny but true. I only laughed when other people were laughing. But now I started laughing. I started laughing, and she joined me. She stopped outside the Unitarian Church.

scratches his tummy with the tip of her

If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.

Cats are a tonic, they are a laugh, they are a cuddle, they are at least pretty just about all of the time and beautiful some of the time.

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole

I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.

As the man says in the play, for this relief, much thanks.

The Toys of a Lifetime

But it happens, and I am thankful enough for that, for those fleeting, wakeful moments of beauty and truth. They are the real joy of being human, brief matches that flare in the dark.