"Do not grieve over any joy that has gone forever, for it will return to you in another form, know that for sure."
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"Take life too seriously, and what is it worth? If the morning wake us to no new joys, if the evening bring us not the hope of new pleasure, is it worthwhile to dress and undress?"
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"I am in truth the Steppenwolf that I often call myself; that beast astray that finds neither home nor joy nor nourishment in a world that is strange and incomprehensible to him."
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"My day begins and ends with gratitude and joy."
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"Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within."
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"The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others."
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"Love: I recognize the emotion for what it is, an irrational self-destructive impulse, which is disguised as joy."
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"I love acting, of course, but being with my husband and my children always brought me the greatest joy and happiness in life."
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"I know it sounds corny, man, but I like to bring folks joy, and I like to have a good time. I know folks like to be with somebody who's having a good time. You sure as hell don't want to be with somebody who's having a bad day."
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"The joy of music should never be interrupted by a commercial."
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"I am the joy of life expressing and receiving in perfect rhythm."
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"The Wombat is a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness!"
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"Joy is the wild card of life; it supersedes every other formula for success. If you can find a way to create joy, you can rise beyond all external factors. If you can play at whatever you are doing, you are the master of your life."
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"We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude."
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"The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires."
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"I want to continue to encourage as many people as I can to open their hearts to life, because if I know anything for sure, it's that opening my own heart is what has brought me my greatest success and joy."
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"Life could be limitless joy, if we would only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to us."
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"We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup."
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"Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you."
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"The greatest joy of a thinking man is to have searched the explored and to quietly revere the unexplored."
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