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Joy Quotes
"Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role."
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"Laughter and imagination can overcome any ill-felt sensations."
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"It has been an ache and a joy both to look over this big shoulder of mine at all my yesterdays."
Joy,
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"Find your own joy within and then greater joy will be added to you."
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"The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow."
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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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"How does it save the world to reject unabashed joy when it is joy that saves us? Rejecting joy to stand in solidarity with the suffering doesn't rescue the suffering. The converse does."
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"Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow."
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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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"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."
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"Just smile, breath, and give thanks (and there is always a reason to), because it beats the hell out of the alternative."
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"We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy."
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"I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy."
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"She threw back her head with a laugh that made her chins ripple like little waves."
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"Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path."
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"Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants."
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"If you dance, you'll feel more joyful. Just thinking isn't going to make you feel better. Think about how joyful you'll feel as you dance. Don't repeat the foolishness of putting off dancing as you debate whether dance will really bring you joy. We feel joy as soon as we dance. Everything is like that."
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"I pictured a girl who made every moment, everything she touched, and everyone around her feel lighter and sweeter."
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"The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things I was when I wrote that. But it is my story as I was then."
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"And her laugh was enough to make you want to kick over what you were doing and follow her down the street."
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"Embrace your inner lunatic. Fun times guaranteed."
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"Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want."
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"Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you're in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you."
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