“The importance of a lost romantic vision should not be underestimated. In such a vision is power as well as joy. In it is meaning.Life is flat, barren, zestless, if one can find one's lost vision nowhere.” IfsShouldWellsRomanceLife IsJoyLostLossVisionPowerRomanticImportanceFlatsBarrenUnderestimatedMeaning Life Book:The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition Source: The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition
“The progress from infancy to boyhood is imperceptible. In that long dawn of the mind we take but little heed. The years pass by us, one by one, little distinguishable from each other. But when the intellectual sun of our life is risen, we take due note of joy and sorrow.” YearsMindLittlesLongLife IsJoySunOur LivesProgressSorrowIntellectualNotesDuesDawnRisenHeedInfancyBoyhoodJoys And Sorrows Author:Bryan Procter
“I think one of the things that I carry, and just my goals in life, is just encourage people and make them feel joy and celebrated and they leave feeling like maybe there was stuff talked about that was difficult, but then there was a voice of redemption and grace in the middle of that.” PeopleThinkingFeelsFeelingsLife IsJoyStuffDifficultGoalVoiceGraceMiddleRedemptionLife Goal Author:Mat Kearney
“Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.” Life IsJoyChallengesRiskLaborTaking RisksConfrontingGreat JoyToiling Author:Sufjan Stevens
“The joy of life is to put out one's power in some natural and useful or harmless way. There is no other. And the real misery is not to do this.” WayRealLife IsJoyNaturalJusticeDiversitySocial JusticeMiseryJoy Of Life Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.” Life IsJoySorrowTruth Is Author:Andre Dubus