"Work as joy, inaccessible to the psychologists."
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"Truth, Goodness, Beauty - those celestial thrins,Continually are born; e'en now the Universe,With thousand throats, and eke with greener smiles,Its joy confesses at their recent birth."
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"[Do you worry unnecessarily about the future? Remember most fears are just False Evidence Appearing Real. Don't let unfounded fears rob you of the joys of life or you too will say...] There has been much tragedy in my life; [and] at least half of it actually happened."
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"You know that kind of quiver that trembles around through you when you are seeing something so strange and enchanting and wonderful that it is just a fearful joy to be alive and look at it; and you know how you gaze, and your lips turn dry and your breath comes short, but you wouldn't be anywhere but there, not for the world."
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"On with the dance, let the joy be unconfined."
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"Happiness ain't a thing in itself -it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh."
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"Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease."
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"The main joy I have in owning or being a part of my own label is the platform I've created to really push other artists and this other kind of musical muscle I get to exercise, it's not just me as a creator of music but me as a curator. That's been really exciting and I do get to have the autonomy and control and all those things with my releases, but now I get to go and find artists that I really love and like and share them with the world too."
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"comedy is a high form of art becaus it brings us more joy than anything else, practically but at the same time, it doesn't get a lot of respect. that's the sacrifice you make to do it."
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"Let's say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person's life rather than to his reasoning adulthood. I'd just like to be an image that reminds someone of joy rather than of the problems of the world."
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"It's amazing if you just listen to people. They tell you all the time things that you can do for them, without even realizing what they're doing. I've learned to take notice of those things and if it's something that I feel God wants me to do, then I try to do that to add joy to their life."
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"If you're missing joy and peace, you're not trusting God."
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"A quote about drinking is a joy forever"
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"Spiritual joy is what you experience when you choose to give thanks to God no matter what happens-even when things go wrong."
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"It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope."
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"The Gospel is nothing less than laughter and joy."
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"Adam and Eve derived the fullness of joy and bliss from their contemplation of all the animal creatures."
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"Riding is a complicated joy. You learn something each time. It is never quite the same, and you never know it all."
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"Suffering, if it is accepted together, borne together, is joy."
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"A dog wakens your heart to joy and companionship."
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