I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey,… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
If you take this life to be simply what old religious folks pretend (I mean the effete, gone to seed in a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When I look at you I see the true meaning and beauty of love. With you I find peace, with you I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lisa Joy is so incredible, and she's always on set making sure everyone is okay and being respectful. We have a zero-tolerance… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
I get the greatest joy from just doing anything, being an actor. Doing music, and doing what I love to do. I… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
They flank me - depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don't need to show their badges. I know these… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Courage to me means ploughing through that dull gray mist that comes down on life-not only overriding people and circumstances but overriding… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Without the errors, wrong turns and blind alleys, without the doubling back and misdirection and fumbling and chance discoveries, there was not… — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
And so the question becomes, what you do in the meantime? And you go - if you're forever on the move, especially… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
We are ordinarily so indifferent to people that when we have invested one of them with the possibility of giving us joy,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Let us, at any rate, give heed to suffer joyfully the crosses that God sends us, because they all, if we are… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
“Have you found your life distasteful? My life did and does smack sweet. Was your youth of pleasure wasteful? Mine I save… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
In an age when all that was old seems new again, Bernard DeVoto's The Hour couldn't have made a more timely reappearance.… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
Because I am a one-legged, black, short, woman I had to spend every day of my life pushing against what society told… — Bonnie St. John Copy Share Image
We are not simply intellectual creatures. We wish to make love, to enjoy a gourmet dinner, to jog in the park, to… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
“becomes pleasant, we call this peace. If it becomes very pleasant, we call this joy. If your emotions become pleasant, we call… — Sadhguru Copy Share Image
“what is it with you and sunflowers he asks i point to the field of yellow outside sunflowers worship the sun i… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus; 2 it shall blossom… — Crossway Copy Share Image
“Rebecca, standing at the window, felt a tiny smile inside her getting larger - how delicious it would be: one moment of… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
Self-expression is my goal, I want to be real with my feelings. Singing and dancing and all the joy that goes with… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
I knew it was special from the very start, It envelopes my body, my core, my heart. A shining, uplifting, persistent feeling,… — Nit Copy Share Image
Now and then in life, love catches you unawares, illuminating the dark corners of your mind, and filling them with radiance. Once… — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
Just as soon as any conviction of important truth becomes central and vital, there comes the desire to utter it - a… — Richard Salter Storrs Copy Share Image
If happiness is what you’re after, then you are going to be let down frequently and be unhappy much of your time.… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
If I was to be their real teacher and guardian, I must touch their hearts, I must share their joys and sorrows,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There has to be some mystery in life, because the joy of being a writer and the joy of being a musician… — James McBride Copy Share Image
“What is so sweet as to awake from a troubled dream and behold a beloved face smiling upon you? I love to… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
O, Life! how pleasant is thy morning, Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning! Cold pausing Caution's lesson scorning, We frisk away, Like… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit is just as truly in us when He makes no sign as when the fountains of joy are overflowing,… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
In-depth studies have an influence on general ideas, whereas theories, in turn, in order to maintain themselves, push their spectators to search… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
Military weapons are the means used by the Sage to punish violence and cruelty, to give peace to troublous times, to remove… — Sima Qian Copy Share Image
“ She Was A Phantom of Delight She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleam'd upon my sight; A lovely… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
“A homeless man visited my store today. The few quarters that he had in his pocket he invested on books. I offered… — Besa Kosova Copy Share Image
“If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Difficulties, opposition, criticism-these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out… — Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Copy Share Image
While the vaccine discovery was progressive, the joy I felt at the prospect before me of being the instrument destined to take… — Edward Jenner Copy Share Image
Christ is Everything. He is joy, He is life, He is light. He is the true light who makes man joyful, makes… — Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia Copy Share Image
“We know God by cultivating a relationship, not by understanding a concept. The relation constitutes the very subjectivity of of our existence.… — Christos Yannaras Copy Share Image
Lines I die but when the grave shall press The heart so long endeared to thee When earthy cares no more distress… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image