"For mankind knows hardly a joy which will surpass that of approval of his work."
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"Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy."
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"We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy."
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"Enjoy the blessings Heaven bestows, Assist his friends, forgive his foes; Trust God, and keep his statutes still, Upright and firm, through good and ill; Thankful for all that God has given, Fixing his firmest hopes on heaven; Knowing that earthly joys decay, But hoping through the darkest day."
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"Those whose lives are fruitful to themselves, to their friends, or to the world are inspired by hope and sustained by joy: they see in imagination the things that might be and the way in which they are to be brought into existence."
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"When our faith becomes nothing more than a series of rules and regulations, joy flees and our love for Christ grows cold."
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"There is no joy without gratitude."
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"Vulnerability is the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness, but it appears that it's also the birthplace of joy, of creativity, of belonging, of love."
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"If you truly desire happiness, seek and learn how to serve."
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"I find that life, day by day, is composed of at least one joy, one problem and one sorrow. Then there are the smaller ingredients: you always learn something, whether useful or harmful - that is difficult to analyze until later; you always give something; you alwayou always grow a little in one direction or another."
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"There were silences in my head. I could abandon myself completely to the pleasure of multiple relationships, to the beauty of the day, to the joys of the day. It was as if a cancer in me had ceased gnawing me. The cancer of introspection."
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"Happiness of any given life is to be measured, not by its joys and pleasures, but by the extent to which it has been free from suffering-from positive evil."
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"It was the joy of admiration and of one's own ability, growing together."
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"My joy will be in serving."
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"Know that you are part of a joyful Universe. Allow your romantic, ecstatic, blissful emotions to appear more frequently in your daily life. When you feel joy, experience it and express it! As the New Testament says, 'Joy is the fruit of the Spirit.'"
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"Where others see but the dawn coming over the hill, I see the soul of God shouting for joy."
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"Praises reap not! Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not!"
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"I had learned a little about writing from Soldier's Pay - how to approach language, words: not with seriousness so much as an essayist does, but with a kind of alert respect, as you approach dynamite; even with joy, as you approach women: perhaps with the same secretly unscrupulous intentions."
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"Deemest thou laborOnly is earnest?Grave is all beauty,Solemn is joy."
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"O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive!"
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