“And joy filled him from head to foot, the joy of living and the joy of being himself. He was newborn. And the best part of it was that he was now the very person he wanted to be. If he had been free to choose, he would have chosen to be no one else. Because now he knew that there were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that all were essentially one and the same, namely the joy of being able to love. And much later... and even in his old age, this joy never left him entirely. Even in the hardest moments of his life he preserved a lightheartedness that made him smile and that comforted others.”
“Don t hold on. Remember: life is ours to spend, not to keep.”
“The most important question of all questions is: what is real happiness? And how do I achieve real happiness? Real happiness has nothing to do with money, power, position, ambition or success. Real happiness is a totally different dimension. Real happiness has to do with your consciousness, not your character. Real happiness is to not be dependent on outer sources to love and happiness. You have to learn to be happy.”
“Returning, for clarification, to DNA as our archetypal replicator, its consequences on the world are of two important types. Firstly, it makes copies of itself, making use of the cellular apparatus of replicases, etc. Secondly, it has effects on the outside world, which influence the chances of its copies’ surviving.”
“Tienes que despertarte cada día decidido si quieres acostarte satisfecho.”
“Thank God that someone somewhere likes something”
“And she shivered with a dazzled joy.”
“The truth is that egolessness is the door to bliss. The moment you are egoless, you are nothing, you become a door to the divine. ”
“When you make your Christmas list, put your own name on it and give yourself the love you ve withheld, the pardon you ve denied, and the hope that you deserve.”
“When every little thing in life, whether it is a pebble or an ant, starts surprising you, then you are living a joyful life full of curiosity.”
“Everything in this universe is meant to make you feel blissful.”
“Don t forget that Christmas is really about love. Anything extra is just that—extra.”
“If you try to buy Christmas with a credit card, you ll miss the point. It s not for sale. True Christmas spirit can only be given away and the price it demands is a piece of your heart.”
“If a man uses his gift, he will be glad.”
“I think we receive a great deal what we expect in this world. -Laura Ingalls Wilder”
“One more joy I had failed to consider: that I can talk strangers into reading books that I love.”
“The discipline of joy is about survival. You make your own joy- this is the work my mother taught me. Little factory, little mine of reminders- find, make, joy to sustain multiple life- times: the blanket made beautiful from patterned found scraps; the broth of tap water and ginger and bones. What fullness my mother earned and could stuff inside an envelope to send each month back home.”