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"To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?"
"It is my greatest joy to live a really good part, even though it imposes great strain. An artist is tired but proud when he has created a great work of art. So it is with the actor who really lives a great role and is proud of the part he played."
"The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone."
"Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought."
"Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance."
"The thought of the future life with its prerogatives and joys helps to make the trials of the present seem light and transient."
"Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no living thing can exist without it."
"The purpose of time management and getting more done in less time is to enable you to spend more face time with the people you care about and doing the things that give you the greatest amount of joy in life."
"[I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never interviewed a single person who would describe their lives as joyful, who would describe themselves as joyous, who was not actively practicing gratitude."
"This joy that He brings us transcends every human trial, it is a joy that can strengthen even the weakest of hands"
"Only a life lived for others is a life worth while . I have no special gift. I am only passionately curious . I want to know God's thoughts... all the rest are details. Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. It's not that I'm so smart , it's just that I stay with problems longer."
"Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy."
"Happiness, laughter and joy abound, when friends, family, and lovers are around."
"Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness."
"Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions."
"Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture."
"What a burden to think one is conceived in sin rather than in pleasure; that one is born into evil rather than into joy."
"Man was made for joy and woe, and when this we rightly know through the world we safely go. Joy and woe are woven fine, a clothing for the soul to bind."
"Tis safter to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy."
"This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy."
