"[Comedies], in the ancient world, were regarded as of a higher rank than tragedy, of a deeper truth, of a more difficult realization, of a sounder structure, and of a revelation more complete. The happy ending of the fairy tale, the myth, and the divine comedy of the soul, is to be read, not as a contradiction, but as a transcendence of the universal tragedy of man. ...Tragedy is the shattering of the forms and of our attachment to the forms..."
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"The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die."
"The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness."
"Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it, or else, for ever and ever, the makers of misery can destroy in others the happiness they reject for themselves."
"Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth."
"Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy."
"Joy, once lost, is pain"
"Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else."
"The world that we must seek is a world in which the creative spirit is alive, in which life is an adventure full of joy and hope, based rather upon the impulse to construct than upon the desire to retain what we possess or to seize what is possessed by others."
"If we lack confidence in each other, and be jealous of each other, our peace will be destroyed. If we cultivate the principles of unshaken confidence in each other, our joy will be full."
"Remember that your natural state is joy."
"Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles."
"The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment."
"Rather than risk starting their own businesses, most people seek safer environments, preferring job security to freedom and a steady paycheck to greater wealth. Their fear of failing is greater than the joy of freedom."
"An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate."
"To do great things, we need to be able to endure tragedy and setbacks. We've got to love what we do and all that it entails, good and bad. We have to learn to find joy in every single thing that happens."
"I'm not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy."
"Those who show pity and are always ready to help during times of trouble are seldom the same ones who rejoice in our joy: when others are happy they have nothing to do, they become superfluous and lose their feeling of superiority, and so they easily show their displeasure."
"They have succeeded in accumulating a greater mass of objects, but the joy in the world has grown less."
"Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven."