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Joy

«When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.»
Author: James Brown (Singer) | About: Joy, Trying | Keywords: lose it, On Stage
«We have been given a gift that is really, really precious. It?s simple. It isn?t going to get us anything. It isn?t there to augment anything. It?s there for us to be able to experience something that is within ourselves. It is not there to change our religions, our practices, our daily lives. But it is only there for one reason, for one reason alone. Simple happiness. Simple joy.»
Author: Maharaji (Pilot, Teacher) | About: Happiness, Joy, Life
«What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.»
«Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.»
«When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.»
«When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet) | About: Hope, Joy | Keywords: prosperity
«We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet) | About: Family, Friends, Joy, Life, Worry
«You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both»

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