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Joy Quotes by Paulo Coelho

52 Joy quotes by Paulo Coelho

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Joy is compared to a brief spark that begins and ends quickly. The quotes suggest we can choose how to act with both joy and grief, finding peace in daily action and art that bridges cultures. They also remind us that true joy can be quiet, even when life is full of contradictions.

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Love is joy. Don't convince yourself that suffering is a part of it.

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Be a source of joy. And let haters complain about the world.

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Postpone joy, it will diminish. Postpone a problem, it will grow.

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Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy from life.

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Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy.

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“The worst killing is that which kills the joy we get from life.”

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“Joy is a blessing but it often it is a conquest”

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May we understand that joy is not a sin, sacrifice is not a virtue.

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You don't choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just…

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In dire times you can lose joy, but you can't lose hope. Hope is your guide.

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During any dance to which we surrender with joy, the brain loses it's controlling power, and the heart takes up the reins…

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Love cannot exist in peace, it will always come accompanied by agonies, ecstasies, intense joys and profound sadnesses.

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True love does not consist in trying to correct others, but in feeling joy that things are better than we expected.

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“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer…

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Everyone contributes a word, a sentence, an image, but in the end it all makes sense: the happiness of one becomes the…

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We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.

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“Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. our magic moment help us to change and sends us off…

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No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course. I'm…

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The latin word responsibility reveals its true meaning: the capacity to respond, to act. - Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy…

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Lose what? A man only has a soul to be won or lost; apart from his life, he has nothing. Past or…

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Don't expect your genius to be discovered; do what you must do because it gives you joy. Don't expect your love to…

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It's always necessary to know when a stage of one's life has ended. If you stubbornly cling to it after the need…

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Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture…

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I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have…

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O God, when I listen to the voices of animals, the sounds of trees, the murmurings of water, the singing of birds,…

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What do you want? You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring. You can't want only to…

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Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and sends us off…

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I am two women: one wants to have all the joy, passion and adventure that life can give me. The other wants…

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Everyone knows how to love,because we are all born with that gift.Some people have a natural talent for it but the majority…

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How many of us will be saved the pain of seeing the most important things in our lives disappearing from one moment…

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Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here…

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It's daylight, the sky is cloudy, and human beings believe that beyond the clouds lives an all-powerful God, guiding the fate of…

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“the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy.”

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Don't allow anyone to steal your joy.

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We cant choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs were given.

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“Much they would like to share their joy at some triumph or their grief at some overwhelming sadness, it's always best and…

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Joy goes against the foundations of mathematics; it is multiplies when we divide.

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Walk firmly and with joy, without being afraid of stumbling. All your movements are being watched by your allies that will help…

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Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning.

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“Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.”

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I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the…

Love will never separate a man from his personal legend.

The world has a soul and whoever understands that soul can also understand the language of many things.

You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them…

To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.

It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.

Eat when it is time to eat. And walk when it is time to walk.

People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my…

“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into…

“Trudi se da zivis, sjecanja su za starije ljude.”

I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing,…

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

The past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been written…

She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms…

“The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.”