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Joy Quotes by Herman Melville
- We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead…
- For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy,…
- A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
- But even so, amid the tornadoed Atlantic of my being, do I myself still for ever centrally disport in mute calm; and while ponderous planets…
- The sun hides not the ocean, which is the dark side of this earth, and which is two thirds of this earth. So, therefore, that…
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