I put the question directly to myself: "Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered, "No! —John Stuart Mill More about this quote Tags: change self happiness joy opinions self-consciousness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. —Mother Teresa More about this quote Tags: love strength joy prayer souls Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." . . . I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train-car constructions, like, say, "the happiness that attends disaster." Or: "the disappointment of sleeping with one's fantasy." I'd like to show how "intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members" connects to "the hatred of mirrors that begins in middle age." I'd like to have a word for "the sadness inspired by failing restaurants" as well for "the excitement of getting a room with a minibar. —Jeffrey Eugenides More about this quote Tags: regret experience happiness joy sadness emotion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The only joy in the world is to begin. —Cesare Pavese More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days. —Ecclesiastes More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. —Edward Chapin More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings. —Euripides More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
During [these] periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight. —Fritjof Capra More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. —Helen Keller More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song! —Jerry Van Amerongen More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure. —Lawana Blackwell More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy! —Louise Bogan More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility. —Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey More about this quote Tags: joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email