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In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
One of the advantages of being disorganized is the joy of discovery.
It’s always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing .
Profound joy of the heart is like a magnet that indicates the path of life.
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.