Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an innocent interlude, a tender and fugitive frame of mind; praise should be the permanent pulsation of the soul.

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

Being happy never goes out of style.

We can feel joy even while having a bad day, a bad week, or even a bad year!

There are so many things in life that make you sad, you have to be happy.

When you are happy from inside, it will reflect on your face.

Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on." The older woman poured herself a glass of sangria. "Screw that," she said quietly. "What?" "Screw that. Wash your mouth out. Who taught you that half-assed existential drivel?

I think its very important to not be afraid to experience joy in the middle of sorrow.

When happiness is actually in possession, the thought of evil can no more acquire the feeling of reality than the thought of good can gain reality when melancholy rules. To the man actively happy, from whatever cause, evil simply cannot then and there be believed in.

Happiness is a hardy annual.

When the Christian doesn't find joy on account of his happenings, he can always find joy in spite of them.

pleasure, n. The least hateful form of dejection.

And I believe happiness is the exact opposite of sadness, bitterness, and hatred: happiness should remain unexamined as long as possible.

Positive thoughts: joy, happiness, fulfillment, achievement, worthiness, have positive results: enthusiasm, calm, well-being, ease, energy, love.

Learn how to feel joy.

I find the joy of the 'doing' increases. Creativity increases. Intuition increases. The pleasure of life grows. And negativity recedes.

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I better stop now before I start crying. Go off to sleep in the sunshine...I don't want to see the day when its dying.

Make joy and happiness the center of your world.

I'd rather see twenty thousand smiling faces than twenty thousand crying people.

The thoughts you think when you are happiest are the closest to the truth.