4,580 Quotes About Joy

...We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves; but most people prefer to identify with an entity for the sake of belonging; thereby subjecting themselves to the spirit of collective selfishness that is only found in groups...

...There is no worse way to abuse a man’s patriotism than to estrange him from his homeland, be it his ancestral or adopted land...

...At the end of the day, what matters is our faith in humanity...

...Realization is born from error...

Yet something else trickles in between the cracks of this despairing thought. The hope of something to fill that emptiness. The hope that, perhaps, I have found it already. And suddenly hope is a thing alive, soaring in me. Its wings beat against my ribs, wild with the promise of joy.

I'm probably the only person in the world that feels physical pain as a reaction to joy.

For awhile, I was left with nothing on the physical plane. I had no relationships, no job, no home, no socially defined identity. I spent almost two years sitting on park benches in a state of the most intense joy.

Sometimes the key to unlocking the future is your ability to just leave the padlock of the past.

Be happy, be happy.