Theme

Joy

Delight, praise, and the sudden yes. Joy in this book is not naivety. Several speakers had already seen the worst and chose praise anyway.

1. I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.Anne FrankThe Diary of a Young Girl
2. The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.Johann Sebastian BachA note in his musical instruction
3. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.Albert CamusThe Myth of Sisyphus
4. In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.Albert CamusReturn to Tipasa
5. Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?ConfuciusAnalects
6. Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.Emily DickinsonPoem 314
7. Gray, dear friend, is all theory, and green the golden tree of life.Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFaust
8. Pluck the day, trusting as little as possible in the next one.HoraceOdes
9. I, too, sing America.Langston HughesI, Too
10. I do not weep at the world — I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.Zora Neale HurstonHow It Feels to Be Colored Me
11. All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.Julian of NorwichRevelations of Divine Love
12. Beauty is truth, truth beauty, — that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.John KeatsOde on a Grecian Urn
13. Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.Helen KellerOptimism
14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.The Gospel of LukeThe Gospel of Luke
15. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.John Gillespie Magee Jr.High Flight
16. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Oscar WildeLady Windermere’s Fan
17. I can resist everything except temptation.Oscar WildeLady Windermere’s Fan

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