"Life doesn't take itself seriously for long. Joy leaves an imprint even in the hardest sorrow."
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"Words can wound or heal. The purpose of speech must always be to create joy in the listener."
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"Being excited about what we do every day and sharing our gifts with the world is how we cultivate joy and energy."
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"Know that you are a miracle and that you have a unique place in the cosmic plan. You are here to be the presence of love. You are here to be the presence of joy. You are here to be the presence of peace."
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"Health is not just the absence of a disease. It's an inner joyfulness that should be ours all the time; a state of positive well-being."
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"I wonder about prisoners. They're told, "You are free, you are innocent, you can go anywhere." I'm sure they usually feel nothing. They don't burst into tears or hysterics or joy or "I told you so." It's nothing. To be on the straight path isn't a bloody thing. It's just ordinary."
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"To delight in the law of the Lord is to find our source of joy outside of ourselves."
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"When we harness the natural force of harmony, joy, and love, we create success and good fortune with effortless ease."
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"There is one experience that brings joy or happiness to every living being. The experience of love."
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"When we find our core certainty within, then we no longer look for certainty outside. The unfathomable nature of the ever-changing world ceases to be a source of anxiety and instead is a source of joy and adventure."
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"True success is the progressive expansion of happiness. It is the ability to express spontaneous joy and share it with others."
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"There are receptors to these molecules in your immune system, in your gut and in your heart. So when you say, 'I have a gut feeling' or 'my heart is sad' or 'I am bursting with joy,' you're not speaking metaphorically. You're speaking literally."
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"The song stands for a sense of joy in existence, a joy that is free of any good or bad choices."
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"Love, wonder, joy & awareness are the gifts of innocence."
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"Quotation brings to many people one of the intensest joys of living."
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"I had a detailed plan for my life, but it turned out life had a completely different plan for me. And I feel joy that I have work that feels like it justifies pouring everything I have into it. I never have fallen prey to the illusion that there's any job with as much ability to influence the future as that of President of the United States, but I do feel grateful that I found other ways to do work that serves the public interest."
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"I will tell you that what gives me a sense of joy is having work to do that justifies pouring every ounce of energy I have into it. That's really a blessing to have in your life. And it gives you energy back when you have the privilege of doing work that makes you feel that way."
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"Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words... I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way."
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"My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life. So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted."
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"President Obama has appointed a new head of the Secret Service. The new Secret Service director was so excited that he jumped over the White House fence for joy."
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