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“The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow is not. When sorrow arrives, happiness dies. It can't stand pain. Joy, on the other hand, rises from sorrow and therefore can withstand all grief. Joy, by the grace of God, is the transfiguration of suffering into endurance, and of endurance into character, and of character into hope--and the hope that has become our joy does not (as happiness must for those who depend up on it) disappoint us.”

Source: Measuring the days: daily reflections with Walter Wangerin, Jr

“When I look over my past, I see that the stages in my life are like the phases of the moon. I've had periods where I was the waxing gibbous: fat with wealth and success. There have been other seasons when my happiness was like the waning crescent and I watched my joy fade away slowly, merging with the atmosphere around me as if it never existed. Then I felt as if I was left with nothing more than an illusion, but happiness returns in time and glows once more in corpulent fullness. It's time that makes the difference.”

“..the real world's all we've got. Believers in the supernatural claim to have special wisdom about the world. But real wisdom means knowing truth from falsehood, knowing the difference between evidence and wishful thinking. Yes, the real world is mysterious and sometimes frightening. But would the supernatural make it better? The real world has beauty, poetry, love and the joy of honest discovery. Isn't that enough?”

“Self-esteem creates natural highs. Knowing that you're lovable helps you to love more. Knowing that you're important helps you to make a difference to to others. Knowing that you are capable empowers you to create more. Knowing that you're valuable and that you have a special place in the universe is a serene spiritual joy in itself.”

Source: On the Wings of Self-esteem: A Companion for Personal Transformation

“It gives me no joy to be praised at the expense of a better artist, by someone who does not know the difference or who thinks me too vain to be aware of it myself.”

Thinking Knows Giving Doe Joy Artist Differences Humility Give Me Vain Expenses

Book:The Mask of Apollo

Source: The Mask of Apollo

“The difference between travel writing as fiction is the difference between recording what the eye sees and discovering what the imagination knows. Fiction is pure joy - how sad that I could not reinvent the trip as fiction.”

Knows Writing Eye Joy Imagination Differences Fiction Pure Discovering Travel Writing Pure Joy

Book:The Great Railway Bazaar

Source: The Great Railway Bazaar

“In my life I see no difference between making pots, cooking and growing vegetables. They are all so related. However, there is a need for me to work in clay. It is so gratifying and I get so much joy from it, and it gives me many answers in my life.”

Needs Giving Joy Differences Answers Growing Give Me Cooking Related Pot Vegetables Clay

Book:The poetry of clay: the art of Toshiko Takaezu

Source: The poetry of clay: the art of Toshiko Takaezu

“The best innovations - both socially and economically - come from the pursuit of ideals that are noble and timeless: joy, wisdom, beauty, truth, equality, community, sustainability and, most of all, love. These are the things we live for, and the innovations that really make a difference are the ones that are life-enhancing. And that’s why the heart of innovation is a desire to re-enchant the world.”

World Heart Joy Desire Community Differences Ideals Innovation Noble Pursuit Making A Difference Sustainability Timeless

Author:Gary Hamel

“Democracy and equality try to denythe mystic recognition of difference and innate priority, the joy of obedience and the sacred responsibility of authority.”

Trying Joy Leadership Differences Responsibility Democracy Authority Sacred Equality Priorities Recognition Obedience Innate Mystic

Author:D. H. Lawrence

“Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.”

Ifs Trying Littles Art Stills Ideas Seems Together Jobs Joy Universe Voice Differences Actresses Activism Making A Difference Entertainers You Can Make A Difference

Author:Salma Hayek

“We all want to make a difference, to live in peace, to have joy each morning that we get to live this day and see what it brings.”

Want Joy Differences Morning Making A Difference This Day

Author:Rob Bell