Quotes About Joy

Consummation is consumption We cannot consummate our bliss and not consume All joys are cakes and vanish in eating All bliss is sugar's melting in the mouth

For by my glee might many men have laughed, And of my weeping may something have been left, Which must die now.

He who has once been happy is for aye Out of destruction's reach. His fortune then Holds nothing secret; and Eternity, Which is a mystery to other men, Has like a woman given him its joy.

Only one thing matters: live a good, happy life. Do your heart's bidding, even when it leads you on paths that timid souls would avoid. Even when life is a torment, don't let it harden you.

Tu es grand quand tu trouves ton plaisir dans le ciel bleu, dans le chevreuil, dans la rosée, dans la musique, dans la danse, quand tu admires tes enfants qui grandissent, la beauté du corps de ta femme ou de ton mari; quand tu te rends au planétarium pour étudier les astres, quand tu lis à la bibliothèque ce que d'autres hommes et femmes ont écrit sur la vie.

Mutluluk önemlidir ama anlam daha önemlidir.

En vahimi, birçoklar?n?n mutluluktan tam da bunu ummas?d?r: Kesintisiz ho?luk hali, daimi ne?e, keyifler hep yerinde olsun ve bol e?lence. Ne var ki mutlulu?u bir tür daimi zevkte aramak, mutsuz olman?n en emin yoludur. ... ?nsanlar?n hayatlar?nda dair huzursuzluk duymalar? için bir ?eyin onlar? ac?tmas? gerekir: ??te bunu mutsuzlu?a borçluyuzdur.

Joy mingled with sadness, even with grief, is the deepest human joy. It winds itself about the soul with indescribable sweetness, with a dim but unerring sense for what will some day be born of it.

Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.

Monogamy doesn't work unless it rises up from the bones. Because it promises nothing but fear and tension when forced on you. It fills you up with despair where there might be joy. It shoves guilt and paranoia and self-loathing down your throat, if you don't truly want it.

People who experience flow describe it as "a state of effortless concentration so deep that they lose their sense of time, of themselves, of their problems," and their descriptions of the joy of that state are so compelling that Csikszentmihalyi has called it an "optimal experience.

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who love you.

People who experience flow describe it as "a state of effortless concentration so deep that they lose their sense of time, of themselves, of their problems," and their descriptions of the joy of that state are so compelling that Csikszentmihalyi has called it an "optimal experience." Many activities can induce a sense of flow, from painting to racing motorcycles—and for some fortunate authors I know, even writing a book is often an optimal experience.

The neglect of duration combined with the peak-end rule causes a bias that favors a short period of intense joy over a long period of moderate happiness.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: "La alegría, la emoción o la satisfacción son más importantes en Occidente que en Oriente, donde se aprecia más la calma" (Daniel Kahneman)

It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.

An avowed anti-Catholic, Maurice Maeterlinck, the twentieth-century Belgian philosopher and playwright, weighed in with: "An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

Through the ages, an impressive number of philosophers—from hedonists to transcendentalists—have rated friendship as life's greatest pleasure.

If all you seek from something is pleasure, you'll never find it. All you will feel is noia [existential boredom], often disgust. To feel pleasure in any act or activity, you have to pursue some end other than pleasure.

Companionship was at the top of Epicurus's list of life's pleasures. He wrote, 'Of all the things that wisdom provides to help one live one's entire life in happiness, the greatest by far is the possession of friendship.

Find what you want in what you have and happiness will be assured.

Recent research in social psychology has shown that happy people are not people who have more; rather, they are people who are happy with what they already have.

regarding her desire to become a mum, bearing in

O grande desejo do rio é ser rio. Ele não quer ser outra coisa. E ele só não poderá sê-lo se abandonar sua verdadeira vocação. Acontecerá com ele o que acontece com todos os que, homens ou mulheres, abandonam sua missão: ficará doente, podre, fedorento. Água parada cria lodo, e a vida vai embora. Ninguém quer tomar banho em um rio com água parada, pois sabe que ali não há alegria. Ali estará um ser que desistiu.