Pastoral Resources

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.

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.

All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.

To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.

Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process.

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.

The road Cordelia has travelled, the journey she has taken up to now has been such a joy to play as an actress, because there have been so many chances to do so many different emotions.

While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.

Our goal should be to achieve joy.

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.