Joy

"In the most surreal, the most joyful, the most beautiful, the most intense, the most alive moments of life, you are absorbed into the horizon which is at its most invisible, elusive, perfect blend of sky and sea."

"Let love bloom like a flower with the fragrance of the garden of your heart filled with beauty, joy, and happiness."

"Truth falls from the heavens like rain, gently carving many channels in the earth. Your truth may be different from my own, yet both are still true."

"Life will not last forever. Enjoy its beauty and joy while you are here."

"There is a certain transcendent joy in creating a thing of beauty. But even more fulfilling is to become a being of beauty."

"When we emerge into the beauty of a dancing peacock, our spirit dances with joy."

"Does God knowthe number of kissesbefore we fall in love?Yesterday, I was nobodyand I believed myself important. Today,I feel my worth in you. You, with your emerald eyes and ebony hair,even your heartbeat is beautiful. You, who is my greatest joy,all other concerns vanish in your presence. You swallow timeand consume space,inspiring all my passionwith a single embrace. I love your existence."

"In all truth might it be said that beauty is the unique aliment of our soul, for in all places does it search for beauty, and it perishes not of hunger even in the most degraded of lives. For indeed nothing of beauty can pass by and be altogether unperceived. Perhaps does it never pass by save only in our unconsciousness, but its action is no less puissant in gloom of night than by light of day; the joy it procures may be less tangible, but other difference there is none."

"What can I tell you about the alchemy of twins?Twins are two bodies that dance to each other’s joy. Two minds that drownin each other’s despair. Two spirits that flywith each other’s love. Twins are two separate beingsconjoined at the heart!"

"Always carry what is beautiful in your heart."

"Gene [Siskel] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the front, turn around, and look at the light from the screen reflected on the upturned faces of the members of the audience."

"A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm,waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm likeworship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, theirsongs never cease. -John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)"

"Before you, nothing. Now you, and everything"

"Think not of the fragility of life, but of the power of books, when mere words can change our lives simply by being next to each other."

"Think not of the fragility of life, but of the power of books, when mere words have the ability to change our lives simply by being next to each other."

"A joyful rebellion is you living differently not because you're mad at how things are but because you are swelling with joy at the thought of how things could be. When you joyfully rebel against your circumstances, against mediocrity or negativity, you invite others into something really beautiful."

"If you truly love who you are, travel through this life with conviction, spread joy to others, embrace changes as they happen, then you will find balance in your life."

"Pleasure feels better than pain. Make the pursuit of pleasure your guide."

"The leader’s joy is the success of change, the evidence of progress and the actualization of a better life."

"As you change your point of view, your views bring about a change in you."