{"quotes":[{"text":"Music open our minds to allow the perception of new thoughts of a higher nature, which gives us a spiritual lift, which produces yet more joy.","author":"Wu Wei","tags":["chris-prentiss","joy","joyful-living","music","wisdom","wu-wei"],"id":1324,"author_id":"Wu+Wei"},{"text":"With mercy and sympathy, no one will hate to love one another.","author":"Auliq Ice","tags":["happiness","humanity","humanity-and-society","joy","joy-of-life","joyful-living","kindness","kindness","love","mercy","sympathetic-people","sympathy"],"id":2884,"author_id":"Auliq+Ice"},{"text":"It took so long to find you...And now I don't want it to change. I want it all set in amber. I want us and nobody else in the most selfish way you can imagine. I can't help it--I'm old-fashioned. I believe marriage is between a man and a man.","author":"Armistead Maupin","tags":["co-dependence","desire","jealousy","joyful-living","love","passion","possessiveness","selfishness"],"id":3430,"author_id":"Armistead+Maupin"},{"text":"It's about time to see the downfall of the scorecards of who's right and who's wrong. At the end of the day, what's important is that you feel good.","author":"Eve Evangelista","tags":["change-your-life","feel-good","inspirational-life","joyful-living","love"],"id":5604,"author_id":"Eve+Evangelista"},{"text":"There is always a storm before a calm.There is always a darkness before daylight. There is always turbulence before quietness.There is always sacrifices before a great victory.There is always awaiting before a breakthrough.There is always prayer before an answer.There is always pain before joy.There is always failure before success.There is always pregnancy before the birth of new born baby.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["baby","failure","failure-success","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational","joyful","joyful-living-living","joyful-living","joyful-thankful","light","pain","positive-attitude","positive-mindset","positive-motivation","positive-thought","positive-thoughts","positiveness","pregnancy","pregnant-woman","success","success-in-life","successful-living","successful-mind","there-is-always-hope","there-is-always-joy","there-is-always-love","there-is-beauty-in-everything"],"id":5624,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"The priceless gifts (life, love, joy, goodness, family, nature) are freely given by the Creator.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["advice","artistic-expression","artists","childbirth","christian","daily-inspirational","daily-life","faith","family","family-love","gift-of-life","god","goodness","grace-of-god","grateful-soul","gratefulness","gratitude","humanity","inspirational-life","inspirational","inspiring-thoughts","joy","joyful-living","life","love","mercy","nature","philosophy-of-life","positive","power-of-thoughts","praises","pregnancy","religious-faith","thankful","thanksgiving","uplifting","wise-words","words-of-wisdom"],"id":8358,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"I seize the moment and create bliss, right now!","author":"Amy Leigh Mercree","tags":["inspirational","joyful-living","joyful-living-101","about-life","of-the-day","of-the-week","twitter","seize-the-moment","take-action"],"id":10446,"author_id":"Amy+Leigh+Mercree"},{"text":"I allow myself to rest deeply and be rejuvenated, trusting the love of the angels to support and hold me for my highest good.","author":"Amy Leigh Mercree","tags":["angel","angels","highest-good","inspirational","joyful-living","joyful-living-101","life","about-life","of-the-day","of-the-week","about-angels","on-angels","twitter"],"id":11363,"author_id":"Amy+Leigh+Mercree"},{"text":"You ought to forgive.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["belief","believe-in-god","christian","despair","disappointment","forgive","forgive-yourself","forgiveness","happy-soul","hopeful","inspirational-life","joyful-living","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","praying","purposeful-living","religion","self-love","spiritual-sayings"],"id":12479,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Walk in kindness toward the Earth and every living being. Without kindness and compassion for all of Mother Nature’s creatures, there can be no true joy; no internal peace, no happiness. Happiness flows from caring for all sentient beings as if they were your own family, because in essence they are. We are all connected to each other and to the Earth.","author":"Sylvia Dolson","tags":["animals","bears","inspirational","joyful-living","wildlife","wildlife-conservation"],"id":15572,"author_id":"Sylvia+Dolson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":449,"pages":45,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}