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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
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"I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So I go back to all the interpretations in the Talmud, which to me are a source of pleasure and joy. Then I say, maybe this story is not for then; maybe it's for now! It's possible for brothers to kill one another in civil wars. But most important, whoever kills, kills his brother. That's a moral conclusion that may not be there; but that must be my conclusion. Otherwise, why read it? Whoever kills, kills his brother."

War Joy Brother
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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
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"I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake."

Knows Joy Needed
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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
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"Lay your wishes aside for a spell, and look deep into what you believe about yourself. Make sure your beliefs about your own life are anchored in greatness, in holiness, in worth, in grace, in joy, in excitement -in internal certainties rather than external circumstances. Because that belief? That's where you're heading, no matter what it may look like on the outside."

Believe Joy Greatness
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Eloisa James Author
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"Some say writing is its own reward. I write for money, but writing for money is not so bad, especially when that writing brings you joy."

Writing Joy Rewards
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Emile Zola Novelist
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"It all seemed a hollow sham now - that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women! No, no, she'd had enough of that; she wanted to live!"

Joy Virtue Had Enough
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"I can wade Grief -- Whole Pools of it -- I'm used to that -- But the least push of Joy Breaks up my feet -- And I tip -- drunken -- Let no Pebble -- smile -- 'Twas the New Liquor -- That was all!"

Joy Feet Grief
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Esther Hicks Author, Speaker
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"You have been oriented that you must pay a price in order to get somewhere, and in the process, you've come to believe that getting there must be really important, therefore, it must be your purpose. And we say, but if you're not getting to joy, then you've gotten nowhere. Joy is really where you're going."

Believe Order Joy
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Erica Brown Author
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"I would advise anyone who is at the start of a rest ritual like the Sabbath, to take it slowly and grow incrementally into it. Recognize that it will be hard at first. It's a discipline but then it is a true and deep joy."

Firsts Joy Discipline
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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
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"My work is incredibly important to me personally. It brings me joy and it brings me life and it brings me meaning. It doesn't necessarily have to be important to the people who read it."

People Important Joy
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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
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"God wants us to be in joy, God wants us to be happy. Because of this extraordinary consciousness and this great ability for wonder and marvel, and without denying any of the terrors and horrors of the world, we also have an obligation toward joy and toward miracle and excitement."

World Joy Miracle
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Edward Abbey Author, Environmentalist
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"Has joy any survival value in the operations of evolution? I suspect that it does; I suspect that the morose and fearful are doomed to quick extinction. Where there is no joy there can be no courage; and without courage all other virtues are useless."

Doe Joy Survival
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