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"When you say, 'I enjoy doing this or that', it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you."
"Walk firmly and with joy, without being afraid of stumbling. All your movements are being watched by your allies that will help you when necessary."
"The standard of success in life isn't the things. It isn't the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy that you feel."
"It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit."
"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."
"Simply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its magic on your behalf."
"Enjoying the joys of others and suffering with them-these are the best guides for man."
"Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a day of happiness, a Christian feast."
"Joy is a spiritual element that gives vicissitudes unity and significance."
"Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an innocent interlude, a tender and fugitive frame of mind; praise should be the permanent pulsation of the soul."
"Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance."
"All we can do as women is make the best decisions for us. And that includes everything from how you look to how you dress to whether you choose to stay at home or work when you have kids. All those decisions are so personal, and we have to start with finding what brings us joy and what brings us our own individual confidence. And if we're feeling good with those choices, then it makes what everybody else has to say less important."
"Give me, for my life, all lives, give me all the pain of everyone, I'm going to turn it into hope. Give me all the joys, even the most secret, because otherwise how will these things be known? I have to tell them, give me the labors of everyday, for that's what I sing."
"We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us."
"Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you."
"I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight."
"Reflect on death as in Jesus Christ, not as without Jesus Christ. Without Jesus Christ it is dreadful, it is alarming, it is the terror of nature. In Jesus Christ it is fair and lovely, it is good and holy, it is the joy of saints."
"Think about a piece of music - some great symphony - we don't expect it to get better as it develops, or that its whole purpose is to reach the final crescendo. The joy is found in listening to the music in each moment."
"Come out of the azure. Love the day. Do not leave the sky out of your landscape."
"I hope I would leave a legacy of joy -a legacy of real compassion."
