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“People must have renounced, it seems to me, all natural intelligence to dare to advance that animals are but animated machines.... It appears to me, besides, that such people can never have observed with attention the character of animals, not to have distinguished among them the different voices of need, of suffering, of joy, of pain, of love, of anger, and of all their affections. It would be very strange that they should express so well what they could not feel.”

“Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.”

Needs Happiness Joy Cutting Laughter Improvement

Author:James Thurber

“It's impossible to overvalue the importance of television - both in its serious and less serious functions. It's one of our most important ways of finding out the truth - and also of changing the world, and finding out what in the world needs changing. It's also an immense bringer of joy - I learnt how to laugh through television, and now my children and I, every day of every week, share the joy and stupidity of TV shows - they actually make us HAPPY”

“An intimate encounter with Jesus is the most transforming experience of human existence. To know him as he is, is to come home. To have his life, joy, love, and presence cannot be compared. A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.”

Knows Needs Humans Home Joy Jesus Existence Intimate Encounters Coming Home Transforming Human Existence True Knowledge

Author:John Eldredge

“So just to be truthful to my own sensibility, I need to acknowledge that the season is not all joy and light for a lot of people. It's tough - environmentally, emotionally, spiritually.”

People Needs Light Joy My Own Tough Seasons Christmas Acknowledge Truthful Sensibility Being Truthful

Author:Sting

“Love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others.”

Needs Joy Love Is Overflow Needs Of Others

Book:Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

Source: Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

“We can be content with simplicity because the deepest most satisfying delights God gives us through creation are free gifts from nature and from loving relationships with people. After your basic needs are met, accumulated money begins to diminish your capacity for these pleasures rather than increase them. Buying things contributes absolutely nothing to the heart's capacity for joy.”

“Each one of us has the ability to play the game of life with balance, harmony and joy, but we need to know the rules and the principles.”

Knows Needs Play Joy Games Ability Principles Balance Harmony

Book:Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want

Source: Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want

“We need God in ways we do not know. Don't limit your experience of God to what you can think to ask. Ask for the unknown joy.”

Thinking Knows Way Needs Joy Asks Limits Need God

Author:John Piper