"To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less will be your grief"
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"To call a thing good not a day longer than it appears to us good, and above all not a day earlier - that is the only way to keep joy pure."
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"Love the animals. God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Don't trouble it, don't harass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent."
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"We are at Jesus' disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work in the street, if he wants you to clean the toilets all day, that's all right, everything is all right. We must say, "I belong to you. You can do whatever you like." And this ..is our strength, and this is the joy of the Lord."
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"Holding someone's hand was always my idea of joy."
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"Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want."
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"There is no joy in life like the joy of sharing."
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"How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?"
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"I mean it's the writing, not the being read, that excites me."
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"Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it."
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"Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living."
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"Our mind is full of anger, jealousy and other negative feelings. Yet we do not realize that these are incompatible with inner peace and joy."
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"Find joy and peace in this very moment."
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"One of the joys of reading is the ability to plug into the shared wisdom of mankind."
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"To be with God is really to be involved in some enormous, overwhelming desire, and joy, and power which you cannot control, which controls you."
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"Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow."
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"We need to remind each other that the cup of sorrow is also the cup of joy, that precisely what causes us sadness can become the fertile ground for gladness."
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"One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy."
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"It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving."
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"Our joy does not have to be based on our circumstances."
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