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"Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. What would the world be like without music or rivers or the green and tender grass? What would this world be like without dogs?"
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"The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness."
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"The righteous shall rejoice."
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"It all began with one small shy smile."
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"Happiness isn't about pretending there's no pain. It's about accepting the pain as a part of healing and doing your best to nurse your own wounds with love and patience."
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"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."
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"Song of praise: Be joyful and count your blessings. There are so many things to be thankful for; the gift of being alive, blessings of a new day to hope and dream, the gift of families, the gift of children, the gift of friends, gift of people who make you laugh and smiles, the gift of strangers who show you kindness,the gift of nature, gift of educators, gift of preachers and many more."
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"You don't need much to give. Give what you have."
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"As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man."
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"Fun is closely related to Joy -- a sort of emotional froth arising from the play of instinct."
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"As long as you're not hurting anyone or anything, including your future self, do only that which makes you happy."
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"Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. What would the world be like without music or rivers or the green and tender grass? What would this world be like without dogs?"
Happiness
"We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up."
Happiness
"And now you'll be telling storiesof my coming backand they won't be false, and they won't be truebut they'll be real."
Storytelling
"I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write."
Time
"It does no good to bark at the television,I said. I've tried it too. So he stopped."
Humor
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Purpose
"Though I play at the edges of knowing, truly I know our part is not knowing, but looking, and touching, and loving."
Wonder
"Poetry is meant to be heard."
Poetry
"The sweetness of dogs (fifteen) What do you say, Percy? I am thinkingof sitting out on the sand to watchthe moon rise. Full tonight.So we goand the moon rises, so beautiful it makes me shudder, makes me think abouttime and space, makes me takemeasure of myself: one iotapondering heaven. Thus we sit,I thinking how grateful I am for the moon's perfect beauty and also, oh! How richit is to love the world. Percy, meanwhile, leans against me and gazes up intomy face. As though I werehis perfect moon."
Companionship
"Animals praise a good day, a good hunt. They praise rain if they're thirsty. That's prayer. They don't live an unconscious life, they simply have no language to talk about these things. But they are grateful for the good things that come along."
Nature
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