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"Space and silence are synonymous. Joy, fulfillment brings the silence. Desire brings noise. Silence is the cure, because in silence you come back to the source, and that creates joy"
"And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all."
"One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom"
"Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come."
"A children's biography doesn't have to be comprehensive, and it doesn't have to be definitive. It does have to be accurate, to the extent that's possible. And most of all, it has to be a piece of literature, a compelling read. I want the reader to discover the joy of reading."
"You transform all who are touched by you. Mundane concerns, troubles, and sorrows dissolve in your presence, bringing JOY."
"All we really want is love's confusing joy."
"Yesterday was glory and joy. Today, a blackened burn everywhere. On the record of my life, these two days will be put down as one"
"There are vistas never dreamed of, there are joys never even known, there are glories no past glory ever surpassed. These wait for you but only if you accept my legacy and help bring these things about."
"Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet in the wizard's face he saw at first only lines of care and sorrow; though as he looked more intently he perceived that under all there was a great joy: a fountain of mirth enough to set a kingdom laughing, were it to gush forth."
"I have been writing my heart out all my life, but only getting a living out of it now.... ... it's not a question of the merit of art, but a question of spontaneity and sincerity and joy I say. I would like everybody in the world to tell his full life confession and tell it his own way and then we'd have something to read in our old age."
"No complaining about how hard it is to write, we are all so, so lucky to write, to sit down, inside, and write words on paper. There is no greater freedom, no greater good, nothing that brings more joy."
"Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy."
"When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!"
"We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future."
"Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present."
"When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some call him God, others the Devil, seem to rush upon us to destroy us; but we are not destroyed."
"It is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigate a little the various impulses that sway you in turn."
"To be able to share in another's joy, that is the secret of happiness."
"But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave."
