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• Not philosophy, after all, not humanity, just sheer joyous power of song, is the primal thing in poetry.

  Max Beerbohm

  Song, Philosophy, Humanity

  Max Beerbohm (2015). “The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm”, p.44, New York Review of Books

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• If love makes you sad, you acquire a little depth, a little compassion. If it makes you happy, you learn how to be joyous. Every relationship should color your soul to a certain degree, don't you think? Every friendship, every love affair - each one should build up the chambers of your heart the way a sea creature builds the chamber of his shell.

  Sharon Shinn

  Heart, Thinking, Compassion

  Sharon Shinn (1998). “Jovah's Angel”, p.257, Penguin

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• Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous.

  Erich Fromm

  Love, Lying, Power

  "The Art of Loving".

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• You're mistaken, Father. You were in paradise, but you didn't recognize it. It's the same with most people in this world; they seek suffering in the most joyous of places because they think they are unworthy of happiness.

  Paulo Coelho

  Father, Thinking, People

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• Jesus Christ and all the writers of the New Testament call us to break free of mammon lust and live in joyous trust...They point us toward a way of living in which everything we have we receive as a gift, and everything we have is cared for by God, and everything we have is available to others when it is right and good. This reality frames the heart of Christian simplicity. It is the means of liberation and power to do what is right and to overcome the forces of fear and avarice.

  Richard J. Foster

  Christian, Jesus, Heart

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• Don't be concerned about being disloyal to your pain by being joyous.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Pain, Joyfulness, Concerned

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• "Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time." I turned and met the amused eyes of Christian Ozera, a onetime annoyance who'd become a good friend. So good, in fact, that in my joyous zeal, I reached out and hugged him - something he clearly didn't expect. I was surprising everyone today. "Whoa, whoa," he said backing up, flushing. "It figures. You're the only girl who'd get all emotional about the thought of killing. I don't even want to think about what goes on when you and Ivashkov are alone."

  Richelle Mead

  Girl, Christian, Eye

  "Spirit Bound". Book by Richelle Mead, May 18, 2010.

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• I think the most joyous thing in life is to loaf around and watch another bloke do a job of work. Look how popular are the men who dig up London with electric drills. Duke's son, cook's son, son of a hundred kings, people will stand there for hours on end, ear drums splitting. Why? Simply for the pleasure of being idle while watching other people work.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Kings, Jobs, Son

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• She wrote, I wish I could be a girl again, with a chance to live my life again. I have suffered so much more than I needed to. And the joys I have felt have not always been joyous. I could have lived differently.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Girl, Joy, Wish

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.79, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• A lady must retain always her composure. Even in a rainstorm, she must appear joyous and dry. When she loses her composure, then the respect of her peers and her staff will follow in short order.

  Anna Godbersen

  Order, Peers, Dry

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• It did not look like the work of God, but it might have represented the handicraft of a God with a joyous sense of humor, a dancing God who loved mischief as much as prayer, and playfulness as much as mischief.

  Pat Conroy

  Prayer, Dancing, Looks

  Pat Conroy (2010). “South of Broad”, p.202, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Paganism is that view of life which finds the highest goal of human existence in the healthy and harmonious and joyous development of existing human faculties. Very different is the Christian ideal. Paganism is optimistic with regard to unaided human nature, whereas Christianity is the religion of the broken heart.

  John Gresham Machen

  Christian, Heart, Optimistic

  John Gresham Machen (1923). “Christianity and Liberalism”, p.65, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• The power of music, whether joyous or cathartic must steal on one unawares, come spontaneously as a blessing or a grace--

  Oliver Sacks

  Blessing, Grace, Stealing

  Oliver Sacks (2011). “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain”, p.239, Pan Macmillan

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• In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity. The distance between you and them can one day become so great that your joyous cry over some new gain could be answered by an universal shriek of horror.

  Galileo Galilei

  Distance, Humanity, Progress

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• Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me. I wish to spread it and bestow it, until the wise have once more become joyous in their folly, and the poor happy in their riches.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Wise, Hands, Wish

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• She was brilliant and joyous and she believed- probably correctly- that libraries contain the answers to all things, to everything, and that if you can't find the information you seek in the library, then such information probably doesn't exist in this or any parallel universe now or ever to be known. She was thoughtful and kind and she always believed the best of everybody. She was, above all else, a master librarian and she knew where to find any book on any subject in the shortest possible time. And she was wonderfully unhinged.

  Gary Paulsen

  Book, Thoughtful, Library

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• Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.

  Jim Henson

  Fun, Life Is, Fulfilling

  Jim Henson (2011). “Doodling with Jim Henson: More Than 50 Fun & Fanciful Artistic Exercises to Inspire the Doodler in You!”, p.127, Walter Foster Pub

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• Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth. It was not mere pleasure; it was perfect bliss. Escaped from the frightful torments of persecution and of calumny, I felt that I was answering all in rising above all.

  Jacques Charles

  Airplane, Calumny Is, Perfect

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• That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquility.

  Rumi

  Truth, Philosophy, Heart

  Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (2008). “The Pocket Rumi”, p.150, Shambhala Publications

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• The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace whose joyous expression can not be restrained. In the midst of this, however, He, from Whom all blessings flow, must not be forgotten. A call for a national thanksgiving is being prepared, and will be duly promulgated.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Army, Blessing

  Abraham Lincoln (1944). “Selected writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.331, Рипол Классик

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• The kindest thing you can do for the people you care about is to become a happy, joyous person

  Brian Tracy

  Family, Fun, People

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jul 30, 2012

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• One of the greatest things about daughters is how they adored you when they were little; how they rushed into your arms with electric delight and demanded that you watch everything they do and listen to everything they say. Those memories will help you through less joyous times when their adoration is replaced by embarrassment or annoyance and they don't want you to see what they are doing or hear what they are saying. And yet, you will adore your daughter every day of her life, hoping to be valued again, but realizing how fortunate you were even if you only get what you already got.

  Michael Josephson

  Daughter, Memories, Dad

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• Magic is not always serious or solemn.
  It is a joyous celebration and merging with the life-force.

  Scott Cunningham

  Magic, Paganism, Serious

  Scott Cunningham (1985). “Magical Herbalism: The Secret Craft of the Wise”, p.9, Llewellyn Worldwide

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• Wise woman healing teaches the importance of excellent nutrition during pregnancy, understanding that your form your child and yourself from the nourishment you receive in the forty weeks of pregnancy. Excellent nutrition includes pure water, controlled breath, abundant light, loving and respectful relationships, beauty and harmony in daily life, positive, joyous thoughts, and vital foodstuffs.

  Susun Weed

  Wise, Children, Pregnancy

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• Human nature is such that humans can turn to God anywhere at any time, and by believing in His care and protection, and thinking in accordance with this belief, fill their hearts with peace and poise, rebuild their bodies into health and strength, and surround themselves with harmonious and joyous conditions.

  Emmet Fox

  God, Believe, Heart

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