✨ Joyful

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair.

If you are told that another has spoken ill of you, do not answer him, but laugh, and say: 'The man was ignorant of my other faults, or he would not have mentioned these alone.'

He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.

Looking away shall be my only negation. And all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer.

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

Ten times must thou laugh a day, and be cheerful; else thy stomach, the father of affliction, will disturb thee in the night.

Life is a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.

Don't take yourself so damn seriously. The cosmos is laughing with you, not at you.

When you listen to music, you don't listen to get to the end of the song. The point of the song is the dancing.

If the purpose of a dance were to get to a certain spot on the floor, the best dancer would be the one who got there the fastest.

You are the music that is playing itself.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

To himself he always appears to be doing both.

We are all floating on an ocean of boundless grace, but we behave like paupers terrified of drowning in a teacup.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Thus the sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneity of cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, to look round cheerfully, and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

Despondency is not religion, whatever else it may be. Cheerfulness is the first step toward God.

The real joy is in the journey of discovering your own infinite depth.

The disciplined mind is the fountain of joy.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

When you are happy with who you are, the world becomes a friend.

Joy is the realization of the truth of oneness.

True art is the soul's celebration of existence.

A smile is the golden bridge between two estranged hearts.

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Joy comes when you do not seek it.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Look at life with fresh eyes every single morning.

The eternal present is the home of joy.

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

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

A disciplined mind brings happiness.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

A pure heart brings endless joy.

Every dawn is an opportunity to practice goodness.

Walk the righteous path with joy and steady calm.

Walk forward with mindfulness, and joy will follow.

Where there is no ego, there is boundless joy.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.

Do not take life too seriously; remember that it is a cosmic play.

The highest happiness comes from giving happiness to others.

The sun rises to banish darkness; let your awareness do the same.

Let your heart be full of gratitude for the gift of life.

Every day is a fresh canvas for your soul's artistry.

Radiate the joy of the Spirit to all who cross your path.

Live in the joyful expectation of good.

Divine joy is your eternal birthright.

Everything you can imagine is real.

Let your spirit dance with the joy of cosmic freedom.

The universe is an overflowing fountain of divine delight.

The cosmic harmony is ever singing its glorious song.

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

Read a thousand books, and you remain a scholar. Read two and a half letters of love (*Prem*), and you become truly wise.

Without devotion, ritual is a dry branch. With love, every common action becomes high worship.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

The body is a musical instrument with seven strings; when tuned to divine love, it plays the melody of eternal life.

When the weaver works with devotion, every thread is woven with the name of the Divine; ordinary cloth becomes a sacred garment.

The physician took my pulse and shook his head; he did not know that my sickness was the sweet longing for the Divine.

When the mind is silent, the unstruck sound (*Anahata*) fills the universe with heavenly harmony.

The rose blooms amidst sharp thorns yet shares its fragrance with friend and foe alike; be like the rose.

The ocean never runs dry because it receives all streams with open arms; expand your heart to hold all beings.

The cloud gives rain without asking whose field it waters; let your benevolence be unconditional.

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy way of doing things.

The world is a festival only to the wise.

Do not bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Where there is love there is life.

Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try it out at due intervals?

Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?

Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!

You look at the fish darting freely in the water and say, 'Look how happy they are.' How do you know? I know it by the joy I feel beside the river.

He who rides on the wind of natural spontaneity reaches heights no wings could ever attain.

The sage does not hoard: the more he gives to others, the more he has; the more he shares, the richer he becomes.

When the fisherman casts his line without craving for fish, every catch is a joyful surprise.

When the mind is empty of ambition, every mouthful of simple food tastes like divine nectar.

He who dances with the rhythms of day and night meets old age with gentle laughter.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.

A traveler am I and a navigator, and every day I discover a new region within my soul.

And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

In the heart of every winter there is a spring that yearns to bloom; behind the veil of each night there smiles a dawn.

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.

The small man builds cages for everyone he knows. While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, keeps dropping keys all night long for the beautiful rowdy prisoners.

What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the secret candle flame of God.

This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.

When all your desires are distilled you will cast just two votes: to love more and not to be so serious.

Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.

Laugh because that is the purest form of prayer.

Cast all your votes for dancing and watch how quickly despair packs its bags.

Do not sit in the dark corner of worry; the Beloved has prepared a feast in the open courtyard of the soul.

I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through—listen to this music!

Do not look at the ascetic's solemn frown; look at the joyful glance of the lover of God.

When the musician touches the harp of devotion, even the angels in heaven lean down to listen.

Why complain about the thorns on the path when the scent of the beloved rose is already filling the air?

Do not let the dust of sorrow settle on the mirror of your mind; rinse it clean with the water of laughter.

In the school of love, there are no examinations, only the endless delight of seeing the Teacher in all things.

If your heart is broken, rejoice! For the light enters through the fractures of the soul.

Do not count the coins in your purse; count the blessings blooming in your heart.

Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.

The sunrise does not check your resume before pouring its golden light into your window.

The physician who heals the spirit does not prescribe bitter herbs, but sweet songs of praise.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

The cloud that gives rain does not demand a receipt from the earth.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

When you leave behind the burden of pride, your spirit ascends on the wind like a feather.

In the courtyard of love, tears are converted into laughter and longing is transformed into light.

Rejoice in the present hour, for life is a festival of divine beauty.

When the night is at its darkest, the morning star begins its sacred dance.

The tavern of the soul has room for every wandering traveler: enter and drink of boundless love.

Let your laughter be like spring rain that awakens the dormant seeds of joy across the earth.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Life is a miracle, and being aware of it can already make us very happy.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Around us, life bursts with miracles—a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere.

Mindfulness is the energy that helps us recognize the conditions of happiness that are already present in our lives.

You don’t have to wait ten years to experience this happiness. It is present in every moment of your daily life.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it.

Every morning when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift!

We have the capacity to live twenty-four hours in peace, joy, and happiness.

Your smile will bring peace to your face and relax all your facial muscles.

A smile is the best gift of peace you can offer yourself.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.

Let your heart smile as you walk upon the earth.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.

Smile to the cloud in your cup of tea.

Do not grieve over the broken cup; in the tavern of eternity, the wine is poured directly into the heart.

The broken bowl repaired with gold is more radiant than the unbroken one.

The soul is healed by being with children.

Do not overlook the humble violet beneath your feet while gazing at distant summits.

A bird does not sing because it has a question; it sings because it has a song.

Knowledge is the supreme wealth: thieves cannot steal it, kings cannot confiscate it, and sharing it only causes it to multiply.

A single bracelet does not jingle; it takes two to make music.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito.

The lizard that jumped safely from the towering iroko tree said he would praise himself if nobody else did.

A single candle loses none of its brilliance by kindling the flame of another.

He who cannot dance says the Persian carpet is uneven.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Two travelers shorten the longest and roughest road.

You will never behold the glory of the rainbow if you are constantly looking down at your boots.

Laughter is the sweetest harp music that can ever echo across the hearth of an honest home.

The morning sun rises to warm the earth for everyone, not just for the grand chief.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle.

Laughter is tremendous relaxation. Laughter brings you from the mind to the no-mind.

To be creative means to be in love with life.

Celebration is my attitude, unconditional to what life brings.

To be joyful is the only virtue; to be miserable is the only sin.

Meditation is nothing but a holiday from your mind.

Joy is uncaused. You are joyful just because you are.

If you can be playful with your life, misery cannot touch you.

Nothing is permanent in life. Enjoy the change, celebrate the flow.

Rejoice in the ordinary, for in the ordinary lies the extraordinary.

Laughter and dance are the purest prayers.

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

There is truth in wine and children.

Every morning when you wake up, thank the heavens for the gift of another day of conscious thought.

Dance until you shatter yourself.

Travel brings power and love back into your life.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

Respond to every call that excites your spirit.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

Inside you there's an artist you don't know about.

Every object, every being, is a jar full of delight.

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.

The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.

Knock on the sky and listen to the sound.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

What you seek is seeking you.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.