#joy

There were no windows in the Stockholders' Records Section of the Treasurer's Department of the American Forge and Foundry Company. But the soft, sweet music from the loudspeaker on the green wall by the clock, music that increased the section's productivity by 3 percent, kept pace with the seasons, and provided windows of a sort for the staff. --"Bomar ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#music #music

The key to happiness is to listen to campy Parisian music and smile at a bird. It hinges on insanity, but it works. ↗

— Erica Goros

#be-sane #be-silly #coping-strategies #joy #music

Youngsters want to change world. Elders want to enjoy their works. The entrepreneur sells anything needed by both to win their desires. ↗

— Toba Beta

#desire #elder #enjoy-the-works #entrepreneur #opportunity

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#going #good #hard #i #i do

It's not strength, it's PERCEPTION that makes you stronger. If you change how you SEE it, you'll change how you FEEL about it. ↗

— Yvonne Pierre

#joy #perception #positive-thinking #strength #change

To communicate is our chief business; society and friendship our chief delights; and reading, not to acquire knowledge, not to earn a living, but to extend our intercourse beyond our own time and province. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#business

When we have developed a trust in both our inner man and woman and they can nourish, support, communicate and cooperate with each other, a love begins to flow between them. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#growth #inner-man-and-woman #joy #love #relationships

Through becoming aware of how the inner man and woman relates and communicates inside ourselves, it creates a joy and satisfaction in the three life areas that they influence: our meditation and inner growth, our relationships and our work and creativity. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#creativity #inner-growth #inner-man-and-woman #joy #meditation

Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#enjoy-life #hope #perseverance #courage

Just thinking of your laughter gives me courage. . . ↗

— Rosamund Lupton

#family #joy #laughter #courage