Quotes About Joy

I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man, Or the man who's half a boy.

I do not think that life has any joy to offer so complete, so soul-filling as that which comes upon the imaginative lad, whose spare time is limited, but who is able to snuggle down into a corner with his book, knowing that the next hour is all his own. And how vivid and fresh it all is!

ali mogao si pretražiti cijeli Kyoto i ne bi našao dvoje ljudi koji su toliko uživali biti jedno s drugim kao oni.

Binnen zit je veilig maar buiten is het feest.

If a person measures his spiritual fulfillment in terms of cosmic visions, surpassing peace of mind, or ecstasy, then he is not likely to know much spiritual fulfillment. If, however, he measures it in terms of enjoying a sunrise, being warmed by a child's smile, or being able to help someone have a better day, then he is likely to know much spiritual fulfillment.

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; Garlands from window to window; Golden chains from star to star ... And I dance.

The happiness we receive from ourselves is greater than that which we obtain from our surroundings[1]

I came across a wild flower, marveled at its beauty and at the perfection of all its parts, and exclaimed: 'But all this in you and in thousands like you blossoms and fades; it is not noticed by anyone and in fact is often not even seen by any one.' But the flower replied: 'You fool! Do you imagine I blossom in order to be seen? I blossom for my own sake because it pleases me, and not for the sake of others; my joy and delight consist in my being and in my blossoming.

happiness and satisfaction always imply some desire fulfilled, some state of pain brought to an end.

Por sabedoria entendo a arte de tornar a vida mais agradável e feliz possível.

This again, tallies with what Goethe says in Wilhelm Meister: The man who is born with a talent which he is meant to use, finds his greatest happiness in using it.

To be happy one must be as ignorant as youth, youth thinks that willing and striving are joys - it does not yet discover the unending character of desire and the fruitless of fulfillment, It does not yet see the inevitableness of defeat

En büyük mutluluk, kiÅŸiliktir.

El amor es la compensación de la muerte, su correlativo esencial.

Recuerda que en tiempos arduos hay que conservar la ecuanimidad, lo mismo que en buenos un ánimo que domina prudentemente la alegría excesiva.» Horacio, Carmina, II, 3]

What might otherwise be called the finer part of life, its purest joy, just because it lifts us out of real existence and transforms us into disinterested spectators of it, is pure knowledge which remains foreign to all willing, pleasure in the beautiful, genuine delight in art.

The happiness we receive from ourselves is greater than that which we obtain from our surroundings.

Zor zamanlarda itidalini korumay?, güzel anlarda da a??r? sevincini dizginlemeyi hat?rla. -Horatius, Carmina

Anything's possible in Human Nature, Chacko said in his Reading Aloud voice. Talking to the darkness now, suddenly insensitive to his little fountain-haired niece. Love. Madness. Hope. Infinite joy. Of the four things that were Possible in Human Nature, Rahel thought that Infinnate Joy sounded the saddest. Perhaps because of the way Chacko said it. Infinnate Joy. With a church sound to it. Like a sad fish with fins all over.

His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back.

In the next room Baby Kochamma heard the noise and came to find out what it was all about. She saw Grief and Trouble ahead, and secretly, in her heart of hearts, she rejoiced.

Of the four things that were Possible in Human Nature, Rahel thought that Infinnate Joy sounded the saddest.

Rahel? pasimok?. Džiaugsmas visada baigiasi ašaromis.

He could feel the tremor, the motor under her skin. Still, of all the women in the world, to have this woman's hand in his made him indescribably happy.