“It is worth while to be kind and generous,” he said. “Not only do such actions pile up a house of joy… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Exercise free will and creative, independent thought not for the satisfactions they will bring you, but for the good they will do… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
“A true saying it is, ‘Desire hath no rest;‘ is infinite in itself, endless; and as one calls it, a perpetual rack,… — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
Bear sorrows for the sake of the Heavenly Kingdom. Without sorrows there is no salvation. On the other hand, the Kingdom of… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
Love, love, love – all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures, a… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Each child brings so much joy and hope into the world, and that is reason enough for being here. As you grow… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
“And what is there to be joyful about?" I asked honestly, thinking on the images of dead children curled into themselves at… — Fisher Amelie Copy Share Image
“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don't want to get to the… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
“The joy of travel does not lie in reaching the destination, but in the companions met with on the journey, the changing… — A.R. Calhoon Copy Share Image
You're drinking in the joy of life,' Bear told her when she tried to explain why she was laughing. 'There's so much… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
My best wishes, in the joys, and festivities, and the solemn services of that day on which will be completed the fiftieth… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Too many people drag through the day with long faces. Some don’t smile for months. Then they’ll come up with those same… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Thankfulness is not something God gives us. It is not a spiritual gift and it is not a spiritual fruit. We can… — Roy Lessin Copy Share Image
“At the Oceana Apartments, he recollects leaving England in triumph, infused with a joy he has not felt in many years. England… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
When the faith is strong enough, it is sufficient just to be. It's a journey towards simplicity, towards quietness, towards a kind… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Writing might be unalloyed joy, were it not for the fact that power is always shadowed by responsibility. Thankfully, the absolute power… — Brian Stableford Copy Share Image
I don't care about having a legacy, I don't care about being remembered. The most important thing to me is, while we're… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
As the rose-tree is composed of the sweetest flowers and the sharpest thorns, as the heavens are sometimes overcast—alternately tempestuous and serene—so… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one's spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit. Being… — Barbara W. Winder Copy Share Image
“From the sea of self-reflection emerges the pearl of transformation for as you shed your old skin in the melted space of… — Jayita Bhattacharjee Copy Share Image
A Christian is one who is invited... to join in the feast, to the joy of being saved, to the joy of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
While we are born with curiosity and wonder and our early years full of the adventure they bring, I know such inherent… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
In such a fast-paced world, gathering people around a table to share a meal allows everything to slow down. I would ask… — Zac Posen Copy Share Image
I'm a spiritual person: I believe that if you read the Bible, you get what you want from it. But, when you… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
I began to realize that life, despite moments of happiness and joy, is really about discovering priorities and dealing with unforeseen vagaries,… — Maureen McCormick Copy Share Image
Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a… — Friedrich Frobel Copy Share Image
I prefer to learn everything through music. If you want divinity, the music in every human being and their love for music… — Jeff Buckley Copy Share Image
How sadly things had changed since she had sat there the night after coming home! Then she had been full of hope… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
“Now is the time for you to truly live again, to laugh again, to love again, and to trust again. Your season… — Theresa Lewis Copy Share Image
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred.… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Meditation is nothing but an effort to drop all the foreign elements so that you can see yourself as you were before… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Each killing steals a bit of humanity until a murderer is nothing more than an animal. A hunger replaces the spirit. A… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“In busy days, we might lose track of what brings us holiday joy, but our spirit holds the answers. Look for what… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
One of the joys of being a Christian or being a person of faith is that you believe deep down that death… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
“If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up in the morning, you can’t… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“Again, where the people are absolute rulers of the land, they rejoice in having the openness and exuberance of youth, while a… — Euripides Copy Share Image
