Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.

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When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. ― Rumi

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For some people, she thought, trials were only temporary; they sailed towards happiness through the roughest weather. ― Emma Donoghue

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Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. — Marianne Williamson

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Do anything, but let it produce joy. — Henry Miller

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It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to life on the planet. A heart at peace with its owner blesses everyone it touches.

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Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its spring deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy. ― Samuel Gordon

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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Buddha

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. — J.R.R. Tolkien

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The only joy in the world is to begin. — Cesare Pavese

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