Quotations about Joy and Happiness II

Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it. Seneca

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Aurelius, Marcus

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the more important.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Lincoln, Abraham

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. Camus, Albert

All great truths begin as blasphemies. Shaw, George Bernard

There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Harton, Edith

What we do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all our tomorrows.
Stoddard, Alexandra

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you?
James, Henry

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
Blake, William

The only joy in the world is to begin. Pavese, Cesare

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living. Bradley, Amanda

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
Dickinson, Emily

It is eternity now. I am in the midst of it. It is about me and the sunshine.
Jefferies, Richard

If my heart can become pure and simple like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this. Nishida, Kitaro

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment.
O'Keefe, Georgia

The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly. Chesterton G. K.

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast-you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. Cantor, Eddie

Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action. Stendhal

Everyone is unique. Compare not yourself with anyone else lest you spoil God's curriculum.
Tov, Baal Shem