"The more ups and downs, the more joy I feel. The greater the fear, the greater the happiness I feel."
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"And with joy you realize for the first time "Thinking's just like not thinking — So I don't have to think any more"."
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"Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place."
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"There is some joy in weeping. For our tears Fill up the cup, then wash our pain away."
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"Few people want the pleasures they are free to take."
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"We take no pleasure in permitted joys, But what's forbidden is more keenly sought."
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"Grant me profits only, grant me the joy of profit made, and see to it that I enjoy cheating the buyer!"
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"The poet's labors are a work of joy, and require peace of mind."
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"There is no pleasure pure and simple, and some care always comes to mar our joys."
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"Blessed are the joymakers."
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"I was born the same week NASA was founded, so we're the same age and feel some of the same pains, joys, and frustrations."
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"La possession de ce qu'on aime est une joie plus grande encore que l'amour. Possessing what one loves is an even greater joy than love itself."
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"... But all the feelings that evoke in us the joy or the misfortune of a real person are only produced in us through the intermediary of an image of that joy or that misfortune; the ingeniousness of the first novelist was in understanding that, in the apparatus of our emotions, since the image is the only essential element, the simplification which consists of purely and simply suppressing the factual characters is a definitive improvement."
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"The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns."
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"Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures."
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"People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This is a very patient and meticulous work, and you have to do it with joy and love for the process, not for the outcome."
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"It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible."
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"As you walk, you touch the ground mindfully, and every step can bring you solidity and joy and freedom. Freedom from your regret concerning the past, and freedom from your fear about the future."
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"I am committed to cultivating loving speech and deep listening in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others of their suffering."
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"Dealing with our overweight - or with any of our life's difficulties, for that matter - is not a battle to be fought. Instead, we must learn how to make friends with our hardships and challenges. They are there to help us; they are natural opportunities for deeper understanding and transformation, brining us more joy and peace as we learn to work with them."
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