#joy

"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul."

"Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art."

"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."

"Even the smallest shift in perspective can bring about the greatest healing."

"Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection."

"The most enjoyable book in the world is the phone book, because think of all the sex that went into creating the content."

"Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling"

"I am seldom otherwise than happy while watching in the chamber of death... . I see a repose that neither earth nor hell can break, and I feel an assurance of the endless and shadowless hereafter--the Eternity they have entered--where life is boundless in its duration, and love in its sympathy, and joy in its fulness."

"I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy."

"I am burning within with an immeasurable, indescribable endless joy of life."

"If there is no laughter, Jesus has gone somewhere else. If there is no joy and freedom, it is not a church: it is simply a crowd of melancholy people basking in a religious neurosis. If there is no celebration, there is no real worship."

"Veganism is not a "sacrifice."It is a joy."

"If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who came not to be served by others but to serve them in joy, in peace, and in generosity. For these things, these are not mere words, but acts, which go all the way, right up to their last breath. Even their death is a gift, and resurrection is born from this kind of death. (157)"

"You're insane!"she shouted."Pretty cool, huh?""No!"Tally yelled. "Why didn't you tell me it was broken?"Shay shrugged. "More fun that way?""More fun?"Her heart beating fast,her vision strangely clear. She was full of anger and relief and...joy."Well, kind of. But you suck!"

"The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being."

"Never surrender to you're passions. Dream and live to excess."

"Life is so precious! Live with love, joy, happiness, and abundance."

"Choose joyful abundance in your heart and be unbounded, free, and relaxed. Be relentless with your choice and you’ll make your mark."

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

"Joy blooms where minds and hearts are open."