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• You must...know that you are great. Never forget that. It is where true joy lies.

  Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

  Happiness, Lying, Never Forget

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• We'll always be disappointed if we believe that we can plan for a peak experience and make it happen. True joy can't be anticipated or planned. It just strikes.

  Harriet Lerner

  Believe, Personal Growth, Peak Experiences

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• True joy of nature is when every drop of water shines like a pearl.

  Anamika Mishra

  Water, Shining, Pearls

  "Anamika Mishra Interview – Too Hard to Handle Book". Interview with Nikhil Narkhede, www.writerstory.com.

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• True joy results when we become aware of our connectedness to everything.

  Paul Pearsall

  Joy, Results, Connectedness

  Paul Pearsall (1988). “Super joy: in love with living”, Doubleday Books

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• There is no real and true joy of if that joy is not imbued with love. Love cannot exist without joy.

  Torkom Saraydarian

  Love, Real, Ifs

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• There is a purpose in life--to raise men nearer to the likeness of God. Whoever seeks that ideal, daily, finds joy; and in no other way can true joy be found.

  John Andreas Widtsoe

  Men, Purpose, Way

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• Having children takes the focus off yourself, which I'm really grateful for. I'm so tired of thinking about myself. I'm sick of myself. You feel you want to be there and not miss out on anything. It's a true joy and a very profound love. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is the most extraordinary thing I've ever taken on.

  Brad Pitt

  Children, Book, Love You

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• True joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in.

  John Donne

  Heaven, Soul, World

  John Donne (1839). “The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.80

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• Truly embracing the fragility and tensions of life...brings with it the possibility of true joy.

  Peter Rollins

  Fragility, Possibility, Tension

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• A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspiring, Art, Inspirational Life

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.76, Oxford University Press

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• A person who is obsessed with Jesus is more concerned with his or her character than comfort. Obsessed people know that true joy doesn't depend on circumstances or environment; it is a gift that must be chosen and cultivated, a gift that ultimately comes from God (James 1:2-4).

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Jesus, Character

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.103, David C Cook

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• Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise? 'T is but to know how little can be known; To see all others' faults, and feel our own.

  Alexander Pope

  Wise, Lying, Stupid

  Alexander Pope (1815). “Poetical works”, p.247

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• True joy is independence of circumstances - Choose to rejoice!

  Andrew Wommack

  Jesus, Independence, Christ

  FaceBook post by Andrew Wommack Ministries from Jul 14, 2012

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• A day to God is a thousand years,
  Men walk around with a thousand fears.
  The true joy of love brings a thousand tears,
  In the world of desire, there's a thousand snares.

  RZA

  Love, God, Song

  Song: A Day To God Is 1000 Years

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• Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Moments, Joy Of Life, Nothingness

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• The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.

  Seneca the Younger

  Joy, Foundation, Conscience

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• True joy, as it turns out, comes only to those who have devoted their lives to something greater than personal happiness. This is most visible in extraordinary lives, in saints and martyrs. But it is no less true for ordinary people like us.

  John Ortberg

  People, Ordinary, Saint

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.73, Harper Collins

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• True joy doth need no song to praise it, silence for love's delight is best.

  Emanuel Geibel

  Song, Silence, Needs

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• A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Laughter, Kindness, Heart

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• True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.

  Seneca the Younger

  Laughing, Brave, Mind

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• Trouble is a thing that will come without our call, but true joy will not spring up without ourselves.

  Simon Patrick

  Spring, Joy, Trouble

  Simon Patrick (1858). “The works of Symon Patrick: including his autobiography”, p.633

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• I have made my limitations tools of learning and true joy.

  Helen Keller

  Tools, Made, Limitation

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• There is a time when every person who encounters Jesus, who believes Jesus is the Son of God, decides that they will spend their life following Him. Some people, like the Apostle Paul, make this decision the minute they meet Him, the minute they become a Christian. Others, like the Apostle Peter, endure years of half-hearted commitment and spiritual confusion before leaping in with all their passion. Still others may enjoy some benefits of God's love and grace without entering into the true joy of a marriage with their maker.

  Donald Miller

  Christian, Spiritual, Jesus

  Donald Miller (2007). “Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God”, p.60, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by opening oneself to the light and only by sincerely confessing one's sins to God that one finds true peace and true joy. It is therefore important to receive the Sacrament of Penance regularly, especially during Lent, in order to receive the Lord's forgiveness and to intensify our process of conversion.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Men, Light, Order

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• Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Happiness, God, Eye

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