Joy Quote by Buddha

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.

— Gautama Buddha

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

— Anonymous

What is joy? Joy is nothing but the Self. When desires are fulfilled, the mind is stilled. This allows the Self to shine forth…

— Lester Levenson

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

— Joseph Joubert

Our ideas of self are created by identification. The less we cling to ideas of self, the freer and happier we will be.

— Jack Kornfield

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation…

— Gautama Buddha

So, how can we live in joy - and how can we know that we're supposed to live in joy the way people tell…

— Byron Katie

There is the joy that is one's state of the being and there is the joy that is one's state of mind. The first…

— Ian Gardner

You have the strength to push back against what others are making you think or do. You use that muscle of confidence. In the…

— Bonnie St. John

“Joy is our ultimate truth. Joy comes from the roots of our being. It comes from our deepest core. Everything else is on the periphery,…

— Swami Dhyan Giten

If we are to extract any joy out of our span, we must think and plan and make things better not only for ourselves…

— Theodore Dreiser

Thought began to take over and obscured the simple yet profound joy of connectedness with being.

— Eckhart Tolle