Appreciative Joy

"If you can cultivate this attitude of delighting in the happiness of others, it is a very powerful source of happiness for yourself as well. Since there are so many people in the world, if you can find joy in their success and happiness, your opportunities for joy are multiplied by several billion." The 14th Dalai Lama

From the Dhammapada: "The person who is happy for others’ happiness will always be happy."

From Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: "Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God." (Often cited in the context that sharing in the collective joy of existence is a spiritual practice).

From Sharon Salzberg: "Appreciative joy is the capacity to be happy for others, to recognize that another person’s happiness is as real and as significant as our own."