4,580 Quotes About Joy

Peace is the first condition of joy and love.

The opposite of love is not rage. The opposite of love is indifference. Love engages all our emotions: Joy is the gift of love. Grief is the price of love. Anger is the force that protects that which is loved. We cannot access the depth of loving ourselves or others without our rage.

And there in the dark, he asks her if it was really worth it.Were the instants of joy worth the stretches of sorrow?Were the moments of beauty worth the years of pain?And she turns her head, and looks at him, and says, "Always.

It often happens that opposite emotions trigger similar reactions in the human body, for crying occurs both in moments of deep despair and great joy. Only observant poets know the difference, for despair paints the eyes red and causes swelling, while joy makes them glitter like emeralds under the brightest of suns.

The joy of being observed ran so deep that Breuer believed the real pain of old age, bereavement, outliving one's friends, was the absence of scrutiny - the horror of living an unobserved life.

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Let us transform our world in such a way that every living man and woman feels their life as a blessing and not a curse.

when you follow that lead,well.All sorts of hidden pathways become illuminated by unexpected light,welcoming your curiosity with the sort of enthusiasm that perhaps, one day,you can respond to with joy.

When God is a greater cause of joy for you than the world, you have arrived.