Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.
Our goal should be to achieve joy.
Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
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.
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.
Your joy comes from how you think, the choices that we make in life.
People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.
There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.
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