The overwhelming joy of conversion or a new calling is often followed by feelings of being overwhelmed with duties and doctrines. The… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
My father was a joyous, joyous spirit, he really was. He was a hedonist, that was just - he enjoyed life, thrust… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I think there's just a lot of compassion in art. Again, when you're doing something that resonates with somebody else, you're going… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The more perfect the sight is the more delightful the beautiful object. The more perfect the appetite, the sweeter the food. The… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
I extend my greetings and good wishes to all our citizens on the joyous occasion of Deepawali. The festival of lights, celebrated… — Mohammad Hamid Ansari Copy Share Image
I believe in the immortality of the Theatre, it is a most joyous place to hide, for all those who have secretly… — Max Reinhardt Copy Share Image
The way to experience ultimate happiness is to let go of all worries and regrets, and to know that being happy is… — Toshitsugu Takamatsu Copy Share Image
There is a glorious pattern for every man's life, an individual, perfect patter. No two people are alike ... No two leaves… — Annalee Skarin Copy Share Image
Paganism is that view of life which finds the highest goal of human existence in the healthy and harmonious and joyous development… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I ask, “How are you?” that is really what I want to know. I am not asking how many items are… — Omid Safi Copy Share Image
"Hallelujah" is a joyous expression the Christians have, but "Hare Krishna" has a mystical side to it. It's more than just glorifying… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
St. Andrews provided a gentle forgetfulness over the preceding painful years of my life. It remains a haunting and lovely time to… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; To… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
When the mind is possessed of reality, it feels tranquil and joyous even without music or song, and it produces a pure… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
It did not look like the work of God, but it might have represented the handicraft of a God with a joyous… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Being a thoughtful vegan makes our time on this Earth more peaceful and joyous, because you get to have a hand in… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I think summer, at least as I've experienced it, can be joyous but it can also be tough emotionally. Physically, it can… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon, If you listen to popular rumour; From morning to night he's so joyous and… — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
There is no reason not to love. There is no reason not to be joyous. There is no reason not to celebrate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Any action a woman engages in from a spirit of joy, and within a similarly safe and joyous environment, falls within the… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Fits of depression come over the most of us. Usually cheerful as we may be, we must at intervals be cast down.… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“The person with a joyous heart is a treasure to be with, a wellspring of inspiration, and a fit companion. When we… — Wu Wei Copy Share Image
For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
I have known some grim bells, with not a single joyous note in the whole peal, so forced to hurry for a… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
You can learn a lesson the first time, when it's presented in a package that is joyous - or at least palatable.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
And a lot of poetry is putting yourself back into the state of wonder that you have before things when you're a… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live in every experience, painful or joyous, to live in gratitude… — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
The opposite of fear is love - love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The struggle which is not joyous is the wrong struggle. The joy of the struggle is not hedonism and hilarity, but the… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
What we need is a political and joyous alternative to the behaviorist discourse, the Christian discourse on evil or sin, and the… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative--which ever is running at… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
A crowd, whether it be a dangerous mob, or an amiably joyous gathering at a picnic is not a community. It has… — Josiah Royce Copy Share Image
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The true musician is attuned to a fairer harmony than that of the lyre... for he truly has in his own life… — Plato Copy Share Image
Do not let the empty cup be your first teacher of the blessings you had when it was full. Do not let… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
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