The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment..

Suffering is seeing what Jesus sees, and joy is doing what Jesus does..

Ecstasy cannot be constant, or it would kill..

It is not the visions but the activity which makes you happy, and the joy and glory of the flier is the flight itself. . . Every time I have gone up ….

In the spiritual lore of India there is a story that the Lord whispered only one word in our ears when he sent us into the world: 'Give.' Give freely….

Meditation, stillness, time simply to 'be', to do nothing at all and to do it with joy.

When you are in deep meditation, you feel a great serenity, a joy that is unknown to you, a watchfulness that is a new guest. Soon this watchfulness ….

I thought we talked things out!' 'Yes, and you listened very carefully to every word you had to say..

As far as cookbooks go, I think Joy of Cooking is a classic. I've used it over and over again. Julia Child frustrates me. By the time you get all her….

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encou….

That’s what you do for family. Anything..

With all your music, loud and lustily, With every dainty joy of sight and smell, Prepare a banquet meet to entertain The Lord of Thunder, that hath s….

My life is about ups and downs, great joys and great losses..

The old Lena is dead..

This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have, But by what kept us from that perf….

The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure..

In many cases, a bout with sickness stretches your soul, opens your eyes, and introduces you to a world of unimagined grandeur, possibility and joy..

And this is the way a novel gets written, in ignorance, fear, sorrow, madness, and a kind of psychotic happiness as an incubator for the wonders bein….

Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, sayi….

What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about..

Music gave me something to do in my life..