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Joy Quotes by Khalil Gibran
- There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as…
- He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.
- I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content with converting my tears, invited…
- When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the 'nay' in your own mind, nor do you withhold the 'ay. And when he is…
- My yearning is my cup, my burning thirst is my drink, and my solitude is my intoxication; I do not and shall not quench my…
- Youth is a beautiful dream, on whose brightness books shed a blinding dust. Will ever the day come when the wise link the joy of…
- Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work…
- He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. [for without sorrow how would you know what joy is? Contrast provides peceptive clarity]
- The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain... When you are joyous look deep into your heart and you…
- Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can…
- Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
- Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work…
- We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
- You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days…
- There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
- Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
- joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep…
- Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of…
- Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties…
- I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath; I am the memory of a moment of happiness; I am the last gift of…
- I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw…
- I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart for the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears that sadness makes…
- When you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born, And what is it to work…
- It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who…
- Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
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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