Peace And Joy Quotes

• We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Leadership, Uplifting

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  Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  "3 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mood in 2 Minutes" by Daniela Tempesta, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2013.

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• Joy is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Happiness, Inspiring, Success

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• Whether you know or not, you are the infinite potential of love, peace and joy

  Amit Ray

  Joy, Infinite, Knows

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• You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a helper in time of need, a comforter in time of sorrow, a healer in time of injury, a teacher in times of confusion. You are the deepest wisdom and the highest truth; the greatest peace and the grandest love. You are these things. And in moments of your life you have known yourself to be these things. Choose now to know yourself as these things always.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Inspirational, Life, Teacher

  FaceBook post by Neale Donald Walsch from Aug 06, 2014

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• Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Love, Positive, Christmas

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• Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

  Peg Bracken

  Love, Christmas, Time

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  When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Spring, Yoga

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• There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness.

  John Buchan

  Love, Inspirational, Happiness

  John Buchan (2016). “RICHARD HANNAY Complete Collection – 7 Mystery & Espionage Books in One Volume (Unabridged): The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, The Three Hostages, The Island of Sheep, The Courts of the Morning & The Green Wildebeest”, p.1471, e-artnow

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• Change your inner thoughts to the higher frequencies of love, harmony, kindness, peace, and joy, and you'll attract more of the same.

  Wayne Dyer

  Kindness, Joy, Harmony

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from May 18, 2010

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• Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Christian, Jesus, People

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• Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2010). “Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.5, Random House

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• The necessary condition for the existence of peace and joy is the awareness that peace and joy are available.

  Nhat Hanh

  Joy, Awareness, Existence

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Present Moment Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.49, ReadHowYouWant.com

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  It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Dance, Education

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.52, St. Martin's Press

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• This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, True Joy

  Man and Superman epistle dedicatory (1903)

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• Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Spring, Water

  Thich Nhat Hanh, Lilian Cheung (2010). “Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life”, p.18, Harper Collins

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• Divine love is perfect peace and joy, it is a freedom from all disquiet, it is all content and happiness; and makes everything to rejoice in itself.

  William Law

  Christian, Religious, Love Is

  William Law (1893). “Characters and Characteristics of William Law: Nonjuror and Mystic”

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• Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Joy, Spirit

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.80, Courier Corporation

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• Your life and my life flow into each other as wave flows into wave, and unless there is peace and joy and freedom for you, there can be no real peace or joy or freedom for me.

  Frederick Buechner

  Real, Joy, Wedding Toast

  FaceBook post by Frederick Buechner from Dec 27, 2016

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  Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.252, Princeton University Press

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• Your life and my life flow into each other as wave flows into wave, and unless there is peace and joy and freedom for you, there can be no real peace or joy or freedom for me. To see reality-not as we expect it to be but as it is-is to see that unless we live for each other and in and through each other, we do not really live very satisfactorily; that there can really be life only where there really is, in just this sense, love.

  Frederick Buechner

  Love, Life, Romantic

  FaceBook post by Frederick Buechner from Oct 02, 2015

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• Your true nature is purity, peace and joy.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  True Joy, Purity, True Nature

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  God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.

  Francis Chan

  Knowing, Life Is Hard, Joy

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.30, David C Cook

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• I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.

  Patricia Heaton

  Giving, Joy, Promise

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• When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot.

  Dalai Lama

  Monday, Morning, Thinking

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