Joy Quotes
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I did find Calypso — but only once, far in the depths of the very wildest of Canadian dark woods, near those high, cold, moss-covered swamps. … I felt as if I were in the presence of superior beings who loved me and beckoned me to come. I sat down beside them and wept for joy.
Yvon Chouinard
When we rejoice in our fulness, then we can part with our fruits with joy.
Rabi Ghosh
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Ghetts
In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas...
Han Fei
Thus today in the presence of all awakened Ones
I invite every living being to this festival
Giving both immediate and lasting joy.
May the gods and all others rejoice.
Śāntideva
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A man who doesn’t detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government on earth, it would be a great joy to serve it.
Ursula K. Le Guin
Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches.
Zora Neale Hurston
If you desire ease, forsake learning.
If you desire learning, forsake ease.How can the man at his ease acquire knowledge,
And how can the earnest student enjoy ease?
Nāgārjuna
Knowledge is like water and air: it is every citizen's right to enjoy it for free.
Taha Hussein
?One of the best players I've ever seen in my life! Spectacular on training! Playing with him was a joy!.” [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/8547825/Manchester-Uniteds-Paul-Scholes-lauded-by-players-and-coaches-around-the-world-after-announcing-retirement.html]
Socrates (Brazilian footballer)
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That she learned ballet not with the idea of becoming a full-fledged dancer. It was just to train my body and more for the sheer joy of learning something beautiful.
Rukmini Devi Arundale
When people hear me sing…I want them to be happy, happy, happy. I don't want them thinking about when there's not any money, or when there's fighting at home. My message is always felicidad - happiness.
Celia Cruz
C'mon, baby, let's have a ball!
László Beat
Son, son, son... now you give me the answer". [Very joyful manner]
Dilip Joshi
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I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service is joy.
Rabindranath Tagore
...why did we wait for any thing? — why not seize the pleasure at once? — How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!
Jane Austen