“...when Maggie became conscious that she was the person he sought, she felt, in spite of all the thought that had gone… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
A bolt of warmth, fierce with joy and pride and gratitude, flashed through me like sudden lightning. I don't care about whose… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
... how I understand that love of living, of being in this wonderful, astounding world even if one can look at it… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
All we can do as women is make the best decisions for us. And that includes everything from how you look to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Becoming an actor has really helped me as a human being. The joys in my life I feel are more joyful, and… — James Preston Rogers Copy Share Image
If you live on the level of the Body and the Individual, you will get entangled in food, fun and frolic, ease,… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
I awaken in the morning with confidence, rejoicing in whatever work is given to me to do. Whatever that work is, I… — Joel S. Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“They said that you would never make it, but you did. They said that you would quit, but you persevered and fought… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
I'm sure there was some part of his soul was intrinsically happy, but he probably had to go through some permutations to… — Jennifer Grant Copy Share Image
In emancipation from the fears that beset the slave of circumstance he will experience a profound joy, and through all the vicissitudes… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that 'W-A-T-E-R' meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope. But I… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
“It's not about getting by. It's about the stack of tiny little moments of joy and love that add up to a… — C. Robert Cargill Copy Share Image
The more I think about the human suffering in our world and my desire to offer a healing response, the more I… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less,… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
“…I have a feeling of being at home when I am with Sien, a feeling that she gives me my own hearth,… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
It often feels like a tremendous amount of work is required to get an idea moving forward, like pushing a train uphill.… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
“Accept your dark side, understanding it will help you to move with the light. Knowing both sides of our souls, helps us… — Martin R. Lemieux Copy Share Image
“...An ethnically heterogeneous society without a unifying hero is bound to be torn apart by internal strife. Only a man capable of… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
How kind is our Sacramental Jesus! He welcomes you at any hour of the day or night. His Love never knows rest.… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
None but those who have traveled, can appreciate the delight experienced from recalling in this way the interesting points of an interesting… — James Holman Copy Share Image
How my eyes see, perspective, is my key to enter into His gates. I can only do so with thanksgiving. If my… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you… — Meredith Grey Copy Share Image
In my more lucid moments I know that God is right here, right now; that God is the luminous mystery at the… — Sy Safransky Copy Share Image
The real joy is in discovering that the twigs and branches of my practice are all firmly rooted in a single tree,… — James Nares Copy Share Image
As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great… — Vinoba Bhave Copy Share Image
In the early days, when I first got into the WI team, when the Ws were playing, I would sit and watch.… — Garfield Sobers Copy Share Image
“At some point, when we have been blessed with profoundly moving, touching and special moments, it is important to stop questioning and… — Susan Barbara Apollon Copy Share Image
One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us. The disappointments of life, the injustices,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Those who remain content easily remain small: small are their joys, small are their ecstasies, small are their silences, small is their… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The Christian life begins not with high deeds and achievements but with the most simple and ordinary act of humble asking. Then… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
To be wise was to be above joy and sorrow, fear and pity, ambition and humiliation. It was to hate nothing and… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
It is certainly not then-not in dreams- but when one is wide awake, at moments of robust joy and achievement, on the… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
