#rejoice

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ. ↗

— Martin Luther

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We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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It is supposed by some that religion makes people solemn, takes the sunshine out of their life, the joy out of their heart, the song out of their mouth. But the reverse of this is the truth. No other one in the world has such secrets of joy as has the Christian. Christ teaches his followers to rejoice. He bids them rejoice even in sorrow and trial. ↗

— J.R. Miller

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I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't. ↗

— Jonathan Dimbleby

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To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees and knows. ↗

— Carlos Castenada

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So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. ↗

— Molly Ivins

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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if the simplest things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. ↗

— Eleanora Duse

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