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Surely joy is the condition of life.

Surely joy is the condition of life.

Henry David Thoreau
Joy, Conditions
Henry David Thoreau, Abigail Rorer, Bradley Dean (2010). “Of Woodland Pools Spring-Holes and Ditches: Excerpts from the Journal of Henry David Thoreau”, p.7, Counterpoint Press

The fault finder will find faults even in paradise and thereby miss the joys that recognition of the positives bring.

Henry David Thoreau
Gratitude, Joy, Missing

We are superior to the joy we experience.

Henry David Thoreau
Joy, Experience, Superiors
Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1865). “Letters to Various Persons”, p.103

Those undeserved joys which come uncalled and make us more pleased than grateful are they that sing.

Henry David Thoreau
Happiness, Grateful, Joy
Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.30, Yale University Press

Truth, Goodness, Beauty - those celestial thrins,Continually are born; e'en now the Universe,With thousand throats, and eke with greener smiles,Its joy confesses at their recent birth.

Henry David Thoreau
Joy, Birth, Goodness
Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.73, Heron Dance Press

Our sadness is not sad, but our cheap joys.

Henry David Thoreau
Sadness, Joy
Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.73, Jazzybee Verlag

In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth embraces his betrothed virgin.

Henry David Thoreau
Truth, Joy, Perception
Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.41, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Cowards suffer, heroes enjoy.

Henry David Thoreau
Hero, Joy, Suffering
Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1865). “Letters to Various Persons”, p.184

Bread may not always nourish us; but it always does us good, it even takes stiffness out of our joints, and makes us supple and buoyant, when we knew not what ailed us, to recognize any generosity in man or Nature, to share any unmixed and heroic joy.

Henry David Thoreau
Men, Generosity, Joy
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.243, Penguin

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