Quotes About Joy

Look what I've found! Come and have a bit of it – it's grand – you'll love it – I can't keep it to myself, and anyhow, I want to know what you think of it."3

Be you wise and never sad, You will get your lovely lad. Never serious be, nor true, And your wish will come to you-- And if that makes you happy, kid, You'll be the first it ever did.

She is happy, for she knows That her dust is very pretty

Let the past die, my child, and go gaily on from its unmarked grave.

I was quite stuck by the Dali Lama's phrase of passing through difficulties. We often feel that suffering will engulf us, it that suffering will never end, but if we can realize that it, too, will pass, or as the Buddhists say, that it is impermanent, we can survive them more easily, and perhaps what we have to learn from them, find meaning in then, so that we come out the other side, not embittered but emboldened. The depth of our suffering can also result in the height of our joy.

Lasting happiness cannot be found in pursuit of any goal or achievement. It does not reside in fortune or fame. It resides only in the human mind and heart, and it is here that we hope you will find it.

A healthy perspective really is the foundation of joy and happiness, because the way we see the world is the way we experience the world. Changing the way we see the world in turn changes the way we feel and the way we act, which changes the world itself. Or, as the Buddha says in the Dhammapada, With our mind we create our own world.

My capacity for happiness, he added, you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first

He actually caught himself saying things like Yippee, as he pranced ridiculously round the house.

My capacity for happiness,' he added, 'you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first.

I'm convinced that Bach is the greatest genius who ever walked among us, and the Brandenburgs are what he wrote when he was happy.

Beyinlerinin bu karanl?k ve kilitli köÅŸelerinden kurtulabilmeyi isterdi, çünkü burada sakl? olanlar arada s?rada bir an için yüzeye ç?k?yor, zihninin neÅŸe ve eÄŸlence bölümünü tuhaf düÅŸüncelerle doldurarak, kendisini hayat?n?n temel görevi olarak gördüÄŸü ÅŸeyden, yani harika bir ÅŸekilde iyi zaman geçirmekten al?koymaya çal???yorlard?.

A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment. Learn to be one with the joy of the moment.

La scienza ha raggiunto traguardi meravigliosi, certo, ma io preferirei essere felice piuttosto che avere sempre ragione.

As he grinned his heart screamed unbearably

Desde luego, la ciencia ha logrado cosas maravillosas, pero yo preferiría, con mucho, ser feliz.

One of the joys of true happiness,' trilled the robot, 'is sharing. I brim, I froth, I overflow with . . .

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Share & enjoy life, the universe & everything

A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and dissappointment. Learn to be with the joy of the moment.

Ve ilk defa,' diye hayk?rd? neÅŸeyle, 'sabah kalkt???n?zda kendinizi akÅŸamdan kalma hissetmeyeceÄŸinizden emin olabilirsiniz - çünkü baÅŸka sabah olmayacak!

Let others choose the sons of mirth, To give a relish to their wine; I love the men of heavenly birth, Whose thoughts and language are divine.18

Today is, indeed, one of the days of the Son of Man, let us rejoice and be glad in it.

When you are grateful,' Brother Steindl-Rast explained, 'you are not fearful, and when you are not fearful, you are not violent. When you are grateful, you act out of a sense of enough and not out of a sense of scarcity, and you are willing to share. If you are grateful, you are enjoying the differences between people and respectful to all people. The grateful world is a world of joyful people. Grateful people are joyful people. A grateful world is a happy world.