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Joy Quotes
"There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward."
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"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
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"Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures."
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"To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy."
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"I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river."
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"I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it."
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"You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend!"
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"Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it."
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"Laughing deeply is living deeply."
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"Because I actually find the next take after they've controlled it a little bit and repressed the laughter is actually a really interesting take, because that's still going on underneath the surface. That struggle to maintain composure becomes part of the joy of the scene."
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"Laughter and imagination can overcome any ill-felt sensations."
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"What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?"
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"I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg."
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"For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy."
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"The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy."
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"All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine."
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"All things want to float as light as air through the world witnessing all that is. I am a mote of dust floating freely in the firmament, a person who merely is, and I feel full of joy for all worldly treasures, the immaculate gift of life."
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"We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry."
Joy,
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"There is no happiness in what worldly people believe happiness in, there is happiness in what Gnani [the enlightened one] believes the happiness in. What people regard as happiness is not happiness."
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"Joy always follows on the heels of pain. If a person escapes a mindset that current events represent an ongoing tragedy, they will encounter and comprehend all the beauty that surrounds them. We find bliss by living alertly and unequivocally accepting whatever is occurring in the present moment. If a person realizes that the present moment is all that matters, they will gain an inner stillness and appreciate the beauty and joy of each day."
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"To feel the joy of life, sell your pride and get lost in the simplicity and humility."
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"How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!"
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"We exist just to feel the joy of life."
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"A little orange will put a spring into your day."
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"We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy."
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