True Joy quotes

True Joy

53 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic

"This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."

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Gabrielle Roth

"There is no true joy and compassion except through the difficult emotions - all we get without the experience of fear, anger, and sadness are cheap imitations of joy and compassion - pleasantness and sentimentality."

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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker
True Joy

"True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her."

Inspire Monday True Joy
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John Donne Poet, Cleric
True Joy

"True joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in."

Soul Heaven True Joy
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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
True Joy

"True happiness is to rejoice in the truth, for to rejoice in the truth is to rejoice in You, O God, who are the truth... Those who think that there is another kind of happiness look for joy elsewhere, but theirs is not true joy."

Thinking Looks True Joy
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Seneca the Younger Philosopher, Statesman
True Joy

"True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind."

Laughing Brave True Joy
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Daisaku Ikeda Buddhist Leader, Author
True Joy

"There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. When you take one step to reach out to people, when you meet with others and share their thoughts and sufferings, infinite compassion and wisdom well up within your heart. Your life is transformed."

Heart Compassion True Joy
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Seneca the Younger Philosopher, Statesman
True Joy

"We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience."

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Marcus Aurelius Philosopher, Emperor
True Joy

"The true joy of humankind is in doing that which is most proper to our nature; and the first property of people is to be kindly affected towards them that are of one kind with ourselves."

People Community True Joy
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