Pastoral Resources

The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

The joy of viewing land, the hope of in a few days ranging through the long wished-for spot and the pleasure of again resuming my wonted employment may be readily calculated.

The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.

And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy.

People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say that's completely opposite of the truth.

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if the simplest things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can.

You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.

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

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.