Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease To ponder on themselves, the while they stare At nothing, intricately drawn nowhere.
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Quotes tagged ‘Joy’
Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.
If we must have milestones—mine will be measured by how much joy I have collected at the end of each day and how often in this life I have truly, deeply, opened.
On a mental level kindness and compassion give rise to lasting joy. They reduce fear.
Why can not we feel too much happiness? Too much joy? Too much pride? Why do we always have to choose too much pain? Maybe it is because pain is the only emotion making us feel alive – making us feel that there is something inside of us is damaged but still works. Maybe it is because we crave for a…
Pain is necessary. Pain is life. Without pain there can be no joy.
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.
Happiness begins to deteriorate once it is named.
Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained.
Smile more. Smiling can make you and others happy.
I touch many lives. My happiness makes all these people happy, thus making it one big happy world.
I act like someone in a bomb shelter trying to raise everyone’s spirits.
Remember this when you feel joy, pain, or sadness. Everything passes. grows old, dies, and is reborn.
If you know what you want, and will be content with it, you can be trusted. But if you do not know, your desires are limitless and no one can tell how to deal with you. Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yours…
The holidays are about love and joy, and it’s natural to want someone to share those things with.
Happy people are not people who 'feel good' all the time; they are the people who are able to be guided by their negative emotions rather than paralyzed by them.
What would be too good to believe if someone were to sit down and tell you what's coming next in your life?
We all have a tolerance for how 'good' we'll let ourselves feel, our 'upper limit.'
If you're operating on a scarcity mindset, you'll always be unhappy, no matter what you have or get.