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• Contentment gives peace and joy in our minds and hearts, which is the reward of living God's way.

  Charles L. Allen

  Heart, Giving, Joy

  Charles L. Allen, Robert V. Ozment (1953). “God's Psychiatry, ...But God Can”

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• Giving means extending one's love with no conditions, no expectations and no boundaries. . . Peace of minds occurs, therefore, when we put all our attention into giving and have no desire to get anything from, or to change, another person. . . The giving motivation leads to a sense of inner peace and joy that is unrelated to time.

  Gerald Jampolsky

  Motivation, Mean, Giving

  Gerald G. Jampolsky (2010). “Love Is Letting Go of Fear, Third Edition”, p.59, Celestial Arts

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• If we want sincere harmony, peace and joy in our lives, we can have them, but we must be willing to do the work. We must make maintaining an awareness of our spiritual natures first in our lives. Our inner world is the architect of our external world. We don't lose faith in the goodness of life because we become angry and depressed. We become angry and depressed because we lose faith in the goodness of life.

  Susan L. Taylor

  Spiritual, Joy, World

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• Penance is the willingness to undergo hardships for the achievement of a good purpose. I was willing. But when hardships came I found myself lifted above them. Instead of hardship, I found a wonderful sense of peace and joy and conviction that I was following God's will. Blessings instead of hardships are showered upon me.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Blessing, Achievement, Joy

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.30, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• Just after I dedicated my life to service, I felt that I could no longer accept more than I need while others in the world have less than they need. This moved me to bring my life down to need level. I thought it would be difficult. I thought it would entail a great many hardships, but I was quite wrong. Instead of hardships, I found a wonderful sense of peace and joy, and a conviction that unnecessary possessions are only unnecessary burdens.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Joy, Would Be, Needs

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• You can become a night watchman and live happily. It is what you are inwardly that matters. Your inner peace and joy you have to earn. It is much more difficult than earning money. No university can teach you to be yourself.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Being Yourself, Night, Joy

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• I think people need to know that there's great peace and joy in knowing the Lord - the Lord Jesus Christ - as your savior.

  Tammy Faye Bakker

  Jesus, Thinking, Knowing

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• When firmly planted, your testimony of the gospel, of the Savior, and of our Heavenly Father will influence all that you do throughout your life. It will help to determine how you spend your time and with whom you choose to associate. It will affect the way you treat your family, how you interact with others. It will bring love, peace, and joy into your life.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Father, Joy, Way

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• The Bible says, "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost"

  Chris Oyakhilome

  Joy, Meat, Kingdoms

  Chris Oyakhilome PhD. (2014). “Seven Things The Holy Spirit Will Do For You”, p.12, LoveWorld Publishing

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• I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me. My art was my autonomy.

  Meredith Brooks

  Art, Dysfunction, Joy

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• What I teach is how to go inside and reach that place I call "love consciousness." This is a place of peace and joy that is within all humans.

  Isha Judd

  Joy, Consciousness, Places Of Peace

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• Take away material prosperity; take away emotional highs; take away miracles and healing; take away fellowship with other believers; take away church; take away all opportunity for service; take away assurance of salvation; take away the peace and joy of the Holy Spirit... Yes! Take it all, all, far, far away. And what is left? Tragically, for many believers there would be nothing left. For does our faith really go that deep? Or do we, in the final analysis, have a cross-less Christianity?

  Mike Mason

  Faith, Religious, Healing

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• Suffering can give us opportunities to witness. The world is a gigantic hospital; nowhere is there a greater chance to see the peace and joy of the Lord than when the journey though the valley is the darkest.

  Billy Graham

  Opportunity, Journey, Giving

  Billy Graham (1994). “Death and the Life After”, p.56, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• There's only what you choose, and how you can have it. If you choose peace and joy and love, you won't get much of it through what you're doing. If you choose happiness and contentment, you'll find little of that on the path of doingness. If you choose reunion with God, supreme knowing, deep understanding, endless compassion, total awareness, absolute fulfillment, you won't achieve much of that out of what you're doing.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Inspirational, Religious, Love You

  "The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue". Book by Neale Donald Walsch, 2005.

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• There are robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.

  George Eliot

  Men, Joy, Forever

  George Eliot (1866). “Felix Holt: The Radical”, p.10

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• Life is best spent in alleviating pain, assuaging distress, and promoting peace and joy. The service of man is more valuable than what you call “service to God.” God has no need of your service. Pleas man, you please God.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Pain, Men, Joy

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• This intelligence must endure . . . . The glory and intelligence that God has prepared for the faithful, no man knoweth. Should not this fill every heart with peace and joy - that there is no end to the progress of knowledge?

  Brigham Young

  Heart, Men, Joy

  Brigham Young (1860). “Journal of Discourses”

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• Each minute we spend worrying about the future and regretting the past is a minute we miss in our appointment with life - a missed opportunity to engage life and to see that each moment gives us the chance to change for the better, to experience peace and joy.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Regret, Past

  Thich Nhat Hanh, Lilian Cheung (2010). “Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• Create all the happiness you are able to create: remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you to add something to the pleasure of others, or to diminish something of their pains. And for every grain of enjoyment you sow in the bosom of another, you shall find a harvest in your own bosom; while every sorrow which you pluck out from the thoughts and feelings of a fellow creature shall be replaced by beautiful peace and joy in the sanctuary of your soul.

  Jeremy Bentham

  Beautiful, Pain, Joy

  "Will this man make you happy?" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2008.

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• No thought about the past or future can pull you away from your present peace and joy. The universe exists in this present moment. No desire can pull you away from this present peace, not even the desire to become a Buddha or the desire to save all beings. Know that to become a Buddha and to save all beings can only be realized on the foundation of the pure peace of the present moment.

  Nhat Hanh

  Peace, Future, Past

  Various, Ledi Sayadaw, Bhikkhu Khantipalo, Nyanaponika Thera, Padmasiri de Silva (2012). “Collected Wheel Publications Volume XVI: Numbers 231–247”, p.109, Buddhist Publication Society

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• Real faith has perfect peace and joy and a shout at any time. It always sees the victory.

  Smith Wigglesworth

  Real, Perfect, Joy

  Smith Wigglesworth (2006). “Smith Wigglesworth on Prayer”, p.15, Destiny Image Publishers

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• I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.'

  Joel Osteen

  People, Joy, Trying

  "Joel Osteen — Always Taking The High Road". Interview with Pat Gallagher, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.

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• The peace and joy of the Christmas season was marred by a proclamation of a general strike of all the military forces of the world. Panic reigns in the hearts of all the patriots of every persuasion. Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all-time low over the world.

  Isaac Asimov

  Peace, Fear, Military

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• The basic problem with my love relationships with women is that my standards are so high - and they apply equally to both of us. I seek full-blast mutual intensity, fully fledged mutual acceptance, full-blown mutual flourishing, and fully felt peace and joy with each other. This requires a level of physical attraction, personal adoration, and moral admiration that is hard to find.

  Cornel West

  Acceptance, Joy, Love Relationship

  "Like Foreigner, Cornel West Wants to Know What Love Is". www.chronicle.com. December 03, 2009.

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• If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They pursue new understandings, seek new achievements, and control their thoughts and feelings. In sum, our intentional, effortful activities have a powerful effect on how happy we are, over and above the effects of our set points and the circumstances in which we find themselves. If an unhappy person wants to experience interest, enthusiasm, contentment, peace, and joy, he or she can make it happen by learning the habits of a happy person.

  Sonja Lyubomirsky

  Happiness, Powerful, Unhappy Person

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.62, Penguin

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