Joy Quotes

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate muc...

A great ring of pure & endless lightDazzles the darkness in my heartAnd breaks apart the dusky cloud...

Charles Wallace and the unicorn moved through the time-spinning reaches of a far glazy, and he reali...

The artist cannot hold back; it is impossible, because writing, or any other discipline of art, invo...

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live u...

The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom.When indifferent, the eye takes sti...

And in myself, too, many things have perished which, I imagined, would last for ever, and new struct...

She was capable of causing me pain, but no longer any joy. Pain alone kept my wearisome attachment a...

So difficult is it for us to know, with the dead as with the living, whether a thing would cause the...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because the...

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

We live in a world of constant juxtaposition between joy that's possible and pain that's all too com...

The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spe...

Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no j...

The twinkling of an eye. That is the most wonderful expression. I've thought from time to time it wa...

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow there is no humor in Heaven.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no h...

Comparison is the death of joy.

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

Despite our ever-connective technology, neither Skype nor Facebook - not even a telephone call - can...

The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; ...

That timeI thought I could notgo any closer to griefwithout dyingI went closer,and I did not die.Sur...

Fast rather than slow, more rather than less--this flashy "development" is linked directly to societ...

We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to bless...

Julia was as happy as Betsy was, almost. One nice thing about Julia was that she rejoiced in other p...

She tried to act as though it were nothing to go to the library alone. But her happiness betrayed he...

In all truth might it be said that beauty is the unique aliment of our soul, for in all places does ...

He is wise who at last sees in suffering only the light that it sheds on his soul; and whose eyes ne...

There may be human joy in doing good with definite purpose, but they who do good expecting nothing i...

Ocean people are different from land people. The ocean never stops saying and asking into ears, whic...

To be allowed, no, invited into the private lives of strangers, and to share their joys and fears, w...

Life is life, and one has experiences that are painful and some that are very pleasant, and one has ...

The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

Because beyond their practical function, all gestures have a meaning that exceeds the intention of t...

People who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all.

It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.

Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.

He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shal...

Joy is prayer joy is strength: joy is love joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Joy is strength.

Joy is prayer joy is strength: joy is love joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ risen.

If you are joyful, do not worry about lukewarmness. Joy will shine in your eyes and in your look, in...

Do we know our poor people? Do we know the poor in our house, in our family? Perhaps they are not hu...

A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.

Joy must be one of the pivots of our life. It is the token of a generous personality. Sometimes it i...

Joy is the net of love by which we can capture souls. God loves the person who gives with joy. Whoev...

In Sarasota, Florida, Stephen King reminded me of the joy of just writing every day.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

Logan stopped and gazed skyward as the kite began to soar above them, and when he clapped his hands ...

There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have ...

...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening...

I would never attempt to dissuade anyone from reading a book. But please, if you're reading somethin...

Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash pas...

But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already n...

When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage. An...

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be t...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the ...

A flower blossoms for its own joy.

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one ...

in every pleasure, cruelty has its place...

There were sins whose fascination was more in the memory than in the doing of them, strange triumphs...

Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.

The girl laughed again. The joy of a caged bird was in her voice.

I had a strange feeling that Fate had in store for me exquisite joys and exquisite sorrows.

So overjoyed were they at their deliverance that they laughed aloud, and the Earth seemed to them li...

Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I...

There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.

Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and ...

Como se reparten el sol en el naranjo las naranjas?How do the oranges divide up sunlight in the oran...

If you retain the joyous aftereffects of meditation throughout the day, or part of the day, you will...

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy t...

Wait for that wisest of all counselores, Time.

We can't choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.

Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and send...

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is...

I have drunken deep of joy And I will taste no other wine tonight.

The soul's joy lies in doing.

I have drunken deep of joy,And I will taste no other wine tonight.

Tirelessly they flew on and on, and tirelessly she kept pace. She felt a fierce joy possessing her, ...

We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a ...

Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a per...

For me, it's a great joy to be together with priests: in the end, the bishop of Rome is the bishop a...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

Something I constantly notice is that unembarrassed joy has become rarer. Joy today is increasingly ...

When the search for pleasure becomes obsessive, it holds us in thrall and keeps us from experiencing...

Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.

Instead of imposing new obligations, (Christians) should appear as people who wish to share their jo...

Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great ...

Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is li...

There is a wide world out there, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on ...

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, ser...

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances i...

In learning a language, when from mere words we reach the laws of words, we have gained a great deal...