A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.

Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.

The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

Champagne arrived in fl?tes on trays, and we emptied them with gladness in our hearts... for when feasts are laid and classical music is played, where champagne is drunk once the sun has sunk and the season of summer is alive in spicy bloom, and beautiful women fill the room, and are generous with laughter and smiles... these things fill men's hearts with joy and remind one that life's bounty is not always fleeting but can be captured, and enjoyed. It is in writing about this scene that I relive this night in my soul.

God's joy can fill our days with gladness until we receive the answer we are waiting for.

Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

The rose and the thorn and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer but my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood because it was full of gladness and good humanity.

Nature like man sometimes weeps from gladness.

Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.

I find in being black a thing of beauty: a joy a strength a secret cup of gladness.