“Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease To ponder on themselves, the while they stare At nothing, intricately drawn nowhere.”— Edna St. Vincent Millay, amazon.com
“Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.”— Milton H. Erickson, goodreads.com
“If we must have milestones—mine will be measured by how much joy I have collected at the end of each day and how often in this life I have truly, deeply, opened.”— Janne Robinson, jannerobinson.com
“On a mental level kindness and compassion give rise to lasting joy. They reduce fear.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“Why can not we feel too much happiness? Too much joy? Too much pride? Why do we always have to choose too much pain? Maybe it is because pain is the only emotion making us feel alive – making us feel that there is something inside of us is damaged but still works. Maybe it is because we crave for a…”— Dyn Lagrimas, thoughtcatalog.com
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Joy is to fun what the deep sea is to a puddle. It’s a feeling inside that can hardly be contained.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“I touch many lives. My happiness makes all these people happy, thus making it one big happy world.”— Maya Kachroo-Levine, thoughtcatalog.com
“I act like someone in a bomb shelter trying to raise everyone’s spirits.”— Carrie Fisher, amazon.com
“Remember this when you feel joy, pain, or sadness. Everything passes. grows old, dies, and is reborn.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“If you know what you want, and will be content with it, you can be trusted. But if you do not know, your desires are limitless and no one can tell how to deal with you. Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yours…”— Neil Gaiman, journal.neilgaiman.com
“The holidays are about love and joy, and it’s natural to want someone to share those things with.”— Bridget Kiely, thoughtcatalog.com
“Happy people are not people who 'feel good' all the time; they are the people who are able to be guided by their negative emotions rather than paralyzed by them.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“What would be too good to believe if someone were to sit down and tell you what's coming next in your life?”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“We all have a tolerance for how 'good' we'll let ourselves feel, our 'upper limit.'”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“If you're operating on a scarcity mindset, you'll always be unhappy, no matter what you have or get.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com