"Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained."
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"Comparison is the thief of joy."
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"God's gift to his sorrowing creatures is a joy worthy of their destiny."
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"If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it."
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"We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you."
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"Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live."
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"Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow."
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"My life is ending, I know that well, but every day that is left me I feel how my earthly life is in touch with a new infinite, unknown, but approaching life, the nearness of which sets my soul quivering with rapture, my mind glowing and my heart weeping with joy."
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"Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way."
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"And once we have the condition of peace and joy in us, we can afford to be in any situation. Even in the situation of hell, we will be able to contribute our peace and serenity. The most important thing is for each of us to have some freedom in our heart, some stability in our heart, some peace in our heart. Only then will we be able to relieve the suffering around us."
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"Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them."
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"I walk the world in wonder."
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"The joy is that we can take back our bodies, reclaim our health, and restore ourselves to balance. We can take power over what and how we eat. We can rejuvenate and recharge ourselves, bringing healing to the wounds we carry inside us, and bringing to fuller life the wonderful person that each of us can be."
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"We shake with joy, we shake with grief. What a time they have, these two housed as they are in the same body."
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"Your closet needs to be a place of joy and celebration of who are you now - not who you were."
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"One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that."
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"Life is not just something to be endured. It is to be lived in joy, in a fullness without limit (p.82)"
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"The past is gone, the future is not here, now I am free of both. Right now, I choose joy."
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"Dressing is a way of life. It brings you joy. It can give you freedom and liberation, help you to find yourself and to move without restraint. Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?"
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"The striking thing about the Precious Blood is the bond it establishes between love and suffering in our experience, a bond that has become so close that we have come to think of suffering accepted with joy as the most authentic sign of love with any depth at all."
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