Joy
Those who seek to be happy only perform virtuous acts. Aristotle says: happiness is at the same time the best, most beautiful and sweetest thing that exists. All these benefits are found in good actions, in the best actions of man, and the amalgamation of these acts that is the single act that we call happiness.
The complement of joy is peace. Peace is the virtue that puts tranquility and calm in the spirit.
In the Mandala of Emotions, joy belongs to the family of virtues.
The good exercise of virtue leads us to happiness, the bad exercise of virtue to the loss of happiness. This depends on the mode, the occasion and the duration of the emotion.
When joy leads to happiness:
You must always sympathize with the joy of life, the less you talk about the wounds of life, the better.
The weight that is supported and carried with joy becomes light.
He is happy who retains nothing for himself.
Passions are purified when they come from an innocent and pure joy.
Irony is the joy and joy of wisdom.
The most exalted, the most varied and lasting joys are the spiritual ones.
True joy is born in a good conscience.
A cheerful spirit is fit for the government of the world.
Happy is he who does not seem so to others, but to himself.
Joy is not the momentary ecstasy, but the radiance that accompanies the being in his actions.
For the researcher there is no joy comparable to that of a discovery, no matter how small.
The state of freedom is a situation of peace, comfort and joy.
When you are total in something, there is celebration.
The joy of seeing and understanding is the most perfect gift of nature.
Make sure that wherever you are there is that good mood, that joy, which is the fruit of inner life.
Good people, if you think about it a bit, have always been happy people.
It all comes down to this: the easiest way to be happy is to do good.
Let's share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
The clearest test of wisdom is continuous joy.
He who knows how to be content with what he has will always be happy.
Good humor is, in most cheerful people, the happy and satisfying result of tenacious discipline.
When joy leads to unhappiness:
Why fake the laughter lip that is denied in the eyes? Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
Causes of suffering, and of the resulting unhappiness: not knowing our authentic identity.
Many people miss out on the small joys while striving for the great happiness.
Greed, without a doubt, is one of the most authentic signs of deep unhappiness.
He who chains himself to joy destroys a free life.
You only have one life, don't waste it being unhappy to please someone else.
You don't have to believe that the happiness of some should be based on the misfortune of others.
The same hope ceases to be happiness when it is accompanied by impatience.
The surest way to not become very unhappy is not to pretend to be very happy.
When work is a pleasure, life is a joy. When the work is very heavy, life is a slavery.
How can you ever be happy if you don't stop pitying yourself.
The sentences of this article are distributed throughout the Oracle of the Soul.
Author: Adrian Casasnovas ©