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You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.292, Harvard University Press

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.418, Рипол Классик

Pride ruined the angels, Their shame them restores; And the joy that is sweetest Lurks in stings of remorse.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Selected Writings”, p.298, Simon and Schuster

The secret of fortune is joy in our hands.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.257, Рипол Классик

Come out of the azure. Love the day. Do not leave the sky out of your landscape.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.418

To fill the hour; that is happiness to fill the hour, and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2631, Delphi Classics

My joy in friends, those sacred people, is my consolation.

Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1888). “The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, L834-l872”

Must we always talk for victory, and never once for truth, for comfort, and joy?

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims”, p.53, Harvard University Press

It is a greater joy to see the author's author, than himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, second series”, p.137, Harvard University Press

With thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the rose of joy. Round it all the muses sing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.328, Library of America

The only joy in his being mine, is that the not mine is mine.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1851). “Essays, lectures and orations”, p.96