Abode Quote by James Gates Percival

“There the rose of joy bloomed immortal by dale and stream; clouds never darkened the sunny sky; sweet bells never jangled out of tune;…

— L.M. Montgomery

And light is mingled with the gloom, And joy with grief; Divinest compensations come, Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In sweet relief.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

“A heart full of kindness attracts gentle souls and shimmering joys—moments that flutter like whispers of light into our lives.”

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

The great charm of poetry consists in lively pictures of the sublime passions, magnanimity, courage, disdain of fortune; or thoseof the tender affections, love…

— David Hume

In that sweet mood when pleasure loves to pay Tribute to ease; and, of its joy secure, The heart luxuriates with indifferent things, Wasting…

— William Wordsworth

“A smiling heart makes the soul shine brighter”

— RJ Yolande Mendes

“true happiness is the contentment of soul, and the joy of inner heart.”

— Flora D

“Light, my light, the world-filling light, the eye-kissing light, heart-sweetening light! Ah, the light dances, my darling, at the centre of my life; the…

— Rabindranath Tagore

I've seen the smiling of Fortune beguiling, I've felt all its favours and found its decay; Sweet was its blessing, kind its caressing, But…

— Richard Cobden

Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style

— William Shakespeare

The message from the hedge-leaves, Heed it, whoso thou art; Under lowly eaves Lives the happy heart.

— John Vance Cheney

Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.

— Samuel Rogers