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“Stone did not become apple. War did not become peace. Yet joy still stays joy. Sequins stay sequins. Words still bespangle, bewilder.”

Book:The Asking: New and Selected Poems

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The Asking: New and Selected Poems

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Jane Hirshfield

Jane Hirshfield is an American poet known for her concise and profound poetry. Born on February 24, 1953, she has gained widespread recognition in the literary world since the 1980s. more

“I don’t divide ordinary life from spiritual life. They are one, they are inseparably one. To separate them is to create a split humanity, a schizophrenic humanity. Life is a unity, an organic unity, indivisible. Nothing is higher and nothing is lower. There is no hierarchy, everything exists simultaneously on the same plane. So nothing has to be renounced, nothing has to be rejected. Of course everything has to be transformed and transformed through love, transformed through bliss, transformed through joy.”

Love Joy Unity Bliss Transform

Book:First in the Morning: 365 Uplifting Moments to Start the Day Consciously

Source: First in the Morning: 365 Uplifting Moments to Start the Day Consciously

“Despite the complexity, the inescapable push and pull, and the enigma of life, the serenity compels us to recognize what is within and beyond our power. How beautifully serenity awakens us to the nobility and humility of the humans!”

Life Inspirational Joy Healing Power Humility Awakening Serenity

Author:Jayita Bhattacharjee

“Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy. Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.”

Philosophy Joy Balance Sorrow The Prophet

Book:The Prophet

Source: The Prophet

“Crauwels loved this time of evening, when his duties to the crew had ended and his duties to the damned nobility had not yet begun. This was his. One hour, around dusk, to smell the air and feel the salt on his skin and find some joy in this life forced upon him.”

Life Joy Duty Crew Nobility

Book:The Devil and the Dark Water

Source: The Devil and the Dark Water

“Doing the hard thing even at the expense of comfort and immediate happiness does not make the Christian life one of perpetual misery. In following God through difficulty, we find real joy instead of its superficial substitute, happiness.”

Life Joy Difficulty Christian Life

Book:The Heart of the Chronicles of Narnia: Knowing God Here by Finding Him There

Source: The Heart of the Chronicles of Narnia: Knowing God Here by Finding Him There

“Joy comes from knowing you are in the hands of a loving God who wills your ultimate good whatever the circumstance of the moment.”

God Joy Good

Book:The Heart of the Chronicles of Narnia: Knowing God Here by Finding Him There

Source: The Heart of the Chronicles of Narnia: Knowing God Here by Finding Him There

“Seven days," said Faramir. "But think not ill of me, if I say to you: they have brought me both a joy and a pain that I never thought to know. Joy to see you; but pain, because now the fear and doubt of this evil time are grown dark indeed. Éowyn, I would not have this world end now, or lose so soon what I have found.”

Love Joy

Book:The Return of the King

Source: The Return of the King

“Joy connects you with your True Self.”

Joy Creativity Flow Intuition Authenticity Creative Process True Self Creative Flow Flow State True Voice

Book:Leap With Me: A Creative Path to Finding and Following Your True Voice

Source: Leap With Me: A Creative Path to Finding and Following Your True Voice

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