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Joy Quotes by E. M. Forster
- It is not that the Englishman can't feel-it is that he is afraid to feel. He has been taught at his public school that feeling…
- Men yearn for poetry though they may not confess it; they desire that joy shall be graceful and sorrow august and infinity have a form.
- Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.
- In Europe life retreats out of the cold, and exquisite fireside myths have resulted—Balder, Persephone—but [in India] the retreat is from the source of life,…
- One minute. You know nothing about him. He probably has his own joys and interests- wife, children, snug little home. That's where we practical fellows'-…
- George had turned at the sound of her arrival. For a moment he contemplated her, as one who had fallen out of heaven. He saw…
More Joy Quotes
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
- Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying. — Neil Armstrong
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
- Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich,… — Margaret Atwood
- Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- To live happily is an inward power of the soul. — Marcus Aurelius
- When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to… — Teresa of Avila