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Joy Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger…
- Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is a choice based on the…
- The joy that compassion brings is one of the best-kept secrets of humanity. It is a secret known only to a very few people, a…
- In this crazy world, there's an enormous distinction between good times and bad, between sorrow and joy. But in the eyes of God, they're never…
- We can be unhappy about many things, but jy can still be there... It is important to become aware that at every moment of our…
- Joy is what makes life worth living, but for many joy seems hard to find. They complain that their lives are sorrowful and depressing. What…
- Our life is...a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
- Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and be surprised by…
- Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sicknes s, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death--can take that…
- Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
- Friendship is one of the greatest gifts a human being can receive. It is a bond beyond common goals, common interests, or common histories. It…
- The spiritual life is a life beyond moods. It is a life in which we choose joy and do not allow ourselves to become victims…
- The immense joy in welcoming back the lost son hides in the immense sorrow that has gone before....our brokenness may appear beautiful, but our brokenness…
- Life is a gift, not to possess, but to share.
- People who have known the joy of God point each other to flashes of light here and there, and remind each other that they reveal…
- The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is…
- Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not…
- The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love,…
- We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of…
- Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the…
- Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
- Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world.
- While optimism makes us live as if someday soon things will soon go better for us, hope frees us from the need to predict the…
- Through compassion it is possible to recognize that the craving for love that people feel resides also in our own hearts, that the cruelty the…
- Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought…
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- 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