Joy Quotes - Page 13

• Capacity for joy Admits temptation.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Temptation, Capacity

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)”, p.929, Delphi Classics

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• Joys divided are increased.

  J. G. Holland

  Life, Happiness, Divided

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• We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment, but it is transient. It is a little parenthesis in eternity. If we share with caring, lightheartedness, and love, we will create abundance and joy for each other. And then this moment will have been worthwhile.

  Deepak Chopra

  Love, Caring, Encounters

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams”, p.76, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.

  Bennett Cerf

  Happiness, Laughter, Blessed

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• Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work.

  Chuck Close

  Photography, Art, Decision

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• Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Happiness, Laughter, Humor

  "Chance Acquaintances". Book by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, 1952.

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• The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.

  Bertrand Russell

  Happiness, Exercise, Realization

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.63, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Attitude, Thinking

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• Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

  Plato

  Love, Marriage, Wise

  Plato (2012). “Six Great Dialogues: Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Symposium, The Republic”, p.161, Courier Corporation

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• During periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight.

  Fritjof Capra

  Truth, Knowledge, Giving

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• For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Love, God, Christian

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• Joy is the state of the human soul who is not identified with the personality. Happiness is a state of the soul who is identified with the personality and enjoys the life in the personality.

  Torkom Saraydarian

  Happiness, Laughter, Personality

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• It is my greatest joy to live a really good part, even though it imposes great strain. An artist is tired but proud when he has created a great work of art. So it is with the actor who really lives a great role and is proud of the part he played.

  Conrad Veidt

  Art, Tired, Roles

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• My mind to me a kingdom is, such present joys therein I find, that it excels all other bliss.

  Edward Dyer

  Mind, Kingdoms, Bliss

  Sir Edward Dyer, “My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is”

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• There is joy in work.

  Henry Ford

  Work, Joy In Work

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• Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

  Thomas Kinkade

  Life, Success, Peace

  "A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying". Book by Jan Swanson and Alan Cooper, December 9, 2004.

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• Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heart-warming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world.

  Lawrence G. Lovasik

  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

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• Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.

  Iris Murdoch

  Happiness, Happy, Gratitude

  "The Nice And The Good".

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• Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.

  William Blake

  Love, Mind, Faults

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.156, Pearson Education

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• We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Candida (1898) act 1

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  A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

  Hugh Sidey

  Funny, Happiness, Happy

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• What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.

  Robert E. Lee

  Beautiful, Peace, War

  Robert E. Lee (2016). “The Life and Letters of Robert E. Lee (Abridged)”, p.206, BIG BYTE BOOKS

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• Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Bertrand Russell (1985). “Contemplation and Action, 1902-14”, p.176, Psychology Press

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• Beauty is whatever gives joy.

  Edna St. Vincent Millay

  Life, Beauty, Giving

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• Your true nature is purity, peace and joy.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  True Joy, Purity, Peace And Joy

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