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Joy Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- The sobs and tears of joy he had not foreseen rose with such force within him that his whole body shook and for a long…
- The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry…
- Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about…
- The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world.
- When joy disappears, look for your mistake
- Life could be limitless joy, if we would only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to us.
- Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their…
- These loaves, pigeons, and two little boys seemed unearthly. It all happened at the same time: a little boy ran over to a pigeon, glancing…
- But that had been grief--this was joy. Yet that grief and this joy were alike outside all the ordinary conditions of life; they were loopholes,…
- These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depression she saw nothing…
- Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
- He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was…
- Life is everything. Life is God. Everything changes and moves and that movement is God. And while there is life there is joy in consciousness…
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