#joyous

Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, 'Did you bring joy?' The second was, 'Did you find joy? ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#judgement-day #death

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#bring #closing #comfort #conversely #door

I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release. ↗

— Naveen Andrews

#always #doing #early #early age #fraught

An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married. ↗

— Billie Burke

#always #aside #audience #because #cannot

I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion. ↗

— Brenda Lee

#chet #could #here #i #joyous

Dance is so joyous. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#joyous

I would work with any one of them again in a heartbeat because it was joyous and incredibly easy. ↗

— Jason Alexander

#any #because #easy #heartbeat #i

If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order. ↗

— Vinoba Bhave

#bring #free #into #joyous #nature

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts. ↗

— Walker Evans

#eye #feelings #joyous #photographer #reason

If we don't make earnest moves toward real solutions, then each day we move one day closer to revolution and anarchy in this country. This is the sad, and yet potentially joyous, state of America. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#anarchy #closer #country #day #each