Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but a man with a warm and friendly heart overflowing blessings, and his beneficence will extend to posterity. ~ Hung Tzu-Cheng

Pursue joy, not happiness. This is probably the hardest lesson of all to learn. It probably seems to you that the goal in life is to be happy. Oh, you maybe have to sacrifice and study and work hard, but, by and large, happiness should be predictable. ~ Guy Kawasaki

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. ~ Albert Einstein

How much Joy can a human mind encompass in one lifetime? ~ Michael Levy

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation. ~ André Gide

And joy is everywhere; it is in the earth’s green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

All the joy the world contains has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains has come through wanting pleasure for oneself. ~ Shantideva

There are those that give with joy, and that joy is their reward. ~ Khalil Gibran

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