Quotes of: Joy Keyword

Contemplating the goodness within ourselves is a classical meditation, done to bring light, joy, and rapture to the mind. In contemporary times this practice might be considered rather embarrassing, because so often the emphasis is on all the unfortu...

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

The reason I love rules and plans and religions is that people feel safe in them for a while. And, personally, I don't have any rules. I don't need them. There's a sense of order that goes on all the time as things move and change, and I am that harm...

A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are

Though solitude, endured too long, Bids youthful joys too soon decay, Makes mirth a stranger to my tongue, And overclouds my noon of day; When kindly thoughts that would have way, Flow back discouraged to my breast; I know there is, though far away, ...

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

The Church makes no man less free than he was before. But we chiefly value freedom in order to give it away; every man who loves surrenders his freedom, whether his passion be the love of a woman, the love of a cause, or the love of God. . . Hence: "...

Peace of Soul: Timeless Wisdom on Finding Serenity and Joy by the Century's Most Acclaimed Catholic Bishop

Perhaps ... To R.A.L. Perhaps some day the sun will shine again, And I shall see that still the skies are blue, And feel one more I do not live in vain, Although bereft of you. Perhaps the golden meadows at my feet, Will make the sunny hours of sprin...

Testament of Youth

Value all relationships for the lessons they teach. Make sure you learn the lessons well. If not you will repeat those mistakes over and over. Focus on the kind of relationship you do want! Surround yourself with people who manifest those characteris...

Stella Payton

When you feel overwhelmed, you’re trying too hard. That kind of energy does not help the other person and it does not help you. You should not be too eager to help right away. There are two things: to be and to do. Don’t think too much about to d...

Thich Nhat Hanh

A true Christian is made by faith and love toward Christ. Our sins do not in the least hinder our Christianity, according to the word of the Savior Himself. He deigned to say: not the righteous have I come to call, but sinners to salvation; there is ...

Letters of St. Herman of Alaska

All love tends to become like that which it loves. God loved man; therefore He became man. For nine months her own body was the natural Eucharist, in which God shared communion with human life, thus preparing for that greater Eucharist when human lif...

Fulton J. Sheen

Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. The greatest pain comes from leaving. When the child leaves home, when the husband or w...

Henri J.M. Nouwen

Unearth marvels as you walk the path, Stand in awe, Therein is the joy of life.

Cowgirls Just Wanna Have Fun

There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.

Critical Path

Streets paved with opal sadness, Lead me counterclockwise, to pockets of joy, And jazz.

Cranial Guitar: Selected Poems

In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie. [Dedication to Sagan's wife, Ann Druyan, in Cosmos]

Cosmos

There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.

The Divine Comedy

Joy is found in simple things.

Dancing with God: First Year Thoughts on the Loss of My Daughter

Our willingness to suffer for Him takes away fear and instills the blessed joy.

The Dime That Lasted Forever

Seek joyfulness when you can, for seeking joy leads to an auspicious atmosphere.

Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi

Perhaps there had been joy for them in finding that sugar could be made from blood.

The Farming of Bones

I find joy in life. I enjoy living it.

Found: Poetry and Prose for Those Who Love Life and Flowers

...it's not the stories - it's the pain and the joy and the people who stay with you long after the stories are told ...

A Familiar Rain