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“My joy was ghostly, like something not quite realized.”
“The only joy in the world is to begin.”
“If ever you have had a romantic, uncalculating friendship, - a boundless worship and belief in some hero of your soul, - if ever you have so loved, that all cold prudence, all selfish worldly consi...”
“Joy is a marvelous increasing of what exists, a pure addition out of nothingness.”
“Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.”
“Suffering has its place in the scheme of things. It serves a purpose even though the sufferer may be entirely free from the taint of sin... Among the gentlest and sweetest souls are sometimes found...”
“this is the rough part, okay? so just stay tuned for the good part. i promise it'll come soon.”
“I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys: the smells of summer, the part of town I loved, a certain evening sky, ...”
“I want to thank you for the profound joy I've had in the in the thought of you.”
“Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is conquered by the fire of His gaze, no sacrifice seems too great to follow Him and give Him...”
“But to enjoy him we must know him. Seeing is savoring. If he remains a blurry, vague fog, we may be intrigued for a season. But we will not be stunned with joy, as when the fog clears and you find ...”
“Over and over again I sail towards joy, which is never in the room with me, but always near me, across the way, like those rooms full of gayety one sees from the street, or the gayety in the street...”
“Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it runs by.”
“We all try to be are greatest, but what if are greatest hasnt affected others with greatness”
“The melancholy river bears us on. When the moon comes through the trailing willow boughs, I see your face, I hear your voice and the bird singing as we pass the osier bed. What are you whispering? ...”
“Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around him till he occupies his true place in relation to God. When he serves God, he has reached that poi...”
“...'joy' in Phillippians is a defiant 'Nevertheless!' that Paul sets like a full stop against the Philippians' anxiety...”
“Fred dislikes the idea going into the ministry partly because he doesn't like "feeling obligated to look serious", and he centers his doubts on "what people expect of a clergyman".”
“(J)oy deserves always more.”
“Joy doesn't ever leave, you know. It's always with you. And one day you'll find it again.”
