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Familiar Quotations

Joyfulness

He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.–Albert Einstein

Joyfulness – "Cheerfully"

The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.–William James

Joyfulness – "Happily"

You can never be happily married to another until you get a divorce from yourself. A successful marriage demands a certain death to self.–Jerry McCant

Joyfulness – "Joy"

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.–Henri Bergson

Let there be more joy and laughter in your living.–Eileen Caddy

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.–John Cheever

The greatest joy of life is to love and be loved.–R. D. Clyde

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.–Melba Colgrove

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.–Aleister Crowley

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.–Albert Einstein

• Preface v
• Familiar Quotations 1
• Joyfulness 1
• Joyfulness – "Cheerfully" 1
• Joyfulness – "Happily" 1
• Joyfulness – "Joy" 1
• Joyfulness, as opposed to "Anguish" 2
• Joyfulness, as opposed to "Despair" 2
• Joyfulness, as opposed to "Sadness" 3
• Joyfulness, as opposed to "Sorrow" 3
• Use in Literature 4
• Joyfulness 4
• Joyfulness – "Being" 14
• Joyfulness – "Called" 15
• Joyfulness – "Came" 15
• Joyfulness – "Day" 16
• Joyfulness – "Eyes" 17
• Joyfulness – "Forward" 18
• Joyfulness – "Found" 18
• Joyfulness – "Friends" 19
• Joyfulness – "Gladly" 20
• Joyfulness – "Great" 20
• Joyfulness – "Hand" 21
• Joyfulness – "Happily" 22
• Joyfulness – "Having" 23
• Joyfulness – "Heard" 24
• Joyfulness – "Heart" 24
• Joyfulness – "Home" 25
• Joyfulness – "Life" 26
• Joyfulness – "Little" 26
• Joyfulness – "Men" 27
• Joyfulness – "Merrily" 28
• Joyfulness – "Old" 28
• Joyfulness – "Opening" 29
• Joyfulness – "People" 29
• Joyfulness – "Place" 30
• Joyfulness – "Proposal" 30
• Joyfulness – "Returned" 30
• Joyfulness – "Soon" 32
• Joyfulness – "Town" 32
• Joyfulness – "Wife" 33
• Joyfulness – "Word" 33
• Joyfulness – "World" 34
• Nonfiction Usage 35
• Bibliographic Usage 35
• Lexicographic Usage 36
• Index 42