It is a great mitzvah to be happy always.
Likutei Moharan II, 24
Through sadness comes fire.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §12
One who regards himself as mere leftovers will merit fervor.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §20
One who has no sadness and is always joyful will certainly be exalted.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §20
Vows and freewill offerings bring joy.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part II §2
Through grief one's enemies are raised up.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §23
One who is hasty is given to sadness.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §25
Through grief comes heartache.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §24
A segulah to remove sadness: to hear an honored tzaddik when he sings.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §27
Through submission, evil and grief are nullified.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §5
Through sadness comes disgrace.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §21
One who is lowly in his own eyes will thereby come to fervor.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §11
Through sadness one is disgraced.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §18
When you have distress, speak about that distress.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §3
Through worry in the heart, the dread of death falls upon a person.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §4
When a person desires things that are opposed to Hashem, sighing comes to him through this.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §29
Through sadness one does not attain what he hopes for.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §17
When you have distress on a day of joy, and all your joy is spoiled, know that the merit of your forefathers has run out.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §10
One who is always joyful succeeds through it.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part II §1
Through the good advice you give, you will merit joy.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §7
Through trust in Hashem comes joy.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §17
One who is sad should look at the tzaddikim, and joy will come into his heart.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §6
Aggadah gladdens a person.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §36
Through movements of the body comes fervor of the heart.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §18
Weeping is a good sign for a sick person.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §22
Whoever is drawn after his distress too much, the distress is drawn after him.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §34
Sadness is a sign of some illness that is about to come.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §13
Through the joy of a mitzvah, Hashem spreads His shelter over a person.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §24
One who makes the tzaddik known merits joy.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §16
Through a bad heart the face changes.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §9
Through tzedakah given with a whole heart one comes to joy.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §4
When joy suddenly falls into your heart, it is because some tzaddik has been born.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §9
Closeness to the tzaddikim gladdens the heart.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §26
Through song you will come to joy and fervor.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §14
As joy increases, the power of the intellect is strengthened;
and food and drink are a great cause of gladness of heart and of driving away sadness and worries.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §3
Through fear of Heaven comes fervor.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §10
Grieving over a bad dream annuls the dream so that it is not fulfilled.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §30
Joy is a sign that one is of the seed that Hashem has blessed.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §22
When joy comes to a person suddenly, know that chesed and salvation will come to him.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §26
Dates dispel worry.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §35
Most often, a person's distress comes through his own speech.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §2
Why is it that when a person drinks he begins to sing and make music, but not so when he eats?
Because they sang a song over the well, but did not sing a song over the manna.
Sefer HaMidos, Song, Part I §5
Through joy the mind's grasp grows.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §21
Through sadness a person is weakened.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §8
Sound, sight and scent restore a person's mind.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §31
Through the heart's intentions comes joy.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §12
When tzaddikim become known in the world, new melodies come into the world through this.
Sefer HaMidos, Song, Part I §1
Through spoiling joy, illnesses come upon a person.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part II §4
The joy of a mitzvah is a stronghold for a person.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §5
When you see a wicked person suddenly laughing, know that some plan for a sin has come to him.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §6
A segulah to remove sadness is through compassion.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part II §5
The rains fall in the merit of the joy of a chassan and kallah.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §23
When a person does a mitzvah with joy, it is a sign that his heart is wholly with his God.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §1
Through distress and sadness strife comes into the world, and through joy peace comes into the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part II §3
Through rejoicing on Simchas Torah one merits to serve Hashem with love.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §25
One who does not confess his sins, sighing and worries come upon him.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §28
Through weeping a person cannot eat.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §19
The Levi'im had a special melody for each day, and now in exile the melodies have been forgotten.
When some calamity befalls some nation, the melody of the Levi'im that corresponds to that calamity glimmers forth.
Sefer HaMidos, Song, Part I §2
Vows and freewill offerings bring joy.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part II §6
Through joy a person's honor is revealed, and he will also merit knowledge.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §27