"Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy?"
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"All societies are evil, sorrowful, inequitable; and so they will always be. So if you really want to help this world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it. And that no one can do who has not himself learned how to live in it in the joyful sorrow and sorrowful joy of the knowledge of life as it is."
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"Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship."
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"Words can not express the joy of new life."
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"There's no one there to understand, there's just understanding, which flourishes in you as peace, joy and contentment."
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"Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and begin again with joy."
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"Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen."
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"Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy let us pray."
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"Never read Who Moved My Cheese in the workplace when you can read The Joy of Not Working."
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"Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights."
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"Disobedience is my joy!"
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"Ask to know what you are born to do. Follow the compass of joy."
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"She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company."
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"I am also convinced that one gains the purest joy from spirited things only when they are not tied in with earning one's livelihood."
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"Unceasing change turns the wheel of life, and so reality is shown in all it's many forms. Dwell peacefully as change itself liberates all suffering sentient beings and brings them great joy."
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"To drive free, to love free, to court destruction with taunts, to feed the remainder of life with one hour of fullness and freedom - one brief hour of madness and joy."
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"As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys."
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"Love, in the divine alchemy of life, transmutes all duties into privileges, all responsibilities into joys."
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"You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both."
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"Don't put off joy and happiness. Strive to live each day to its fullest, squeezing all the joy you can out of each moment. Instead of measuring your life's value by your progress toward a single goal, remember that the direction you're headed in is more important than temporary results."
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