Robert Wilson Lynd Quotes

A good deed, "said the prophet Mohammed, "is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another." Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding efforts on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

The only way to win happiness is to give it. The more we give, the more we have.

Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.

Joy arises only in creating joy for others; there is no other way. The more people you can make happy, the more you will feel happy. This is the real meaning of service.

If you want to do one good thing in the world, the best thing you can do is give other people joy.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself.

The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

True happiness comes only by making others happy.

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.

The noblest art is that of making others happy.

It just feels good when I give people sneakers.

Have you known what it is to give your meal to another and to go without yourself? It gives a happiness that no dinner eaten by yourself can give. Have you known what it is to give your coat to another and do without it yourself? It gives a joy that the satisfaction of your own wants cannot give you.

Yes, there truly is a joy to giving.

If you would be happy, render a kind service, make somebody else happy.

Seek to share joy with others, or to make somebody else happy, and you will find your own soul radiant with the joy you wished for another.

Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy.

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.

Make others truly happy as you strive to make yourself happy. Speak a helpful word. Give a cheering smile. Do a kind act. Serve a little. Wipe the tears of one who is in distress. Render smooth a rough place in another's path. You will feel great joy.

Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.

Genuine love will always feel urged to communicate joy - to be a joy-giver. Mankind needs joy.