Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
To get joy, we must give it and to keep joy, we must scatter it.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. .
Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible.
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
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