4,580 Quotes About Joy

There is nothing sweeter than the heart and soul of Allah's love, turning to Him, worshiping only Him, joy and longing for the encounter with Him, and for looking at His face.

Books bring me joy. They’ve always been a space to reflect and see myself.

I was immediately worn out by the tyranny of prescriptive joy.

Yet for some reason, we as a society havecollectively decided it’s better to have millions of human beings spending years oftheir lives pretending to type into spreadsheets or preparing mind maps for PR meetings than freeing them to knit sweaters, play with their dogs, start a garage band, experiment with new recipes, or sit in cafés arguing about politics, and gossiping about their friends’ complex polyamorous love affairs.

Joy knows itself. As children we didn’t even know the word joy, we were joy.

The hardest lessons come from the solutions people, who are already a little disappointed that I am not saving myself. There is always a nutritional supplement, Bible verse or mental process I have not adequately tried. “Keep smiling! Your attitude determines your destiny!” said a stranger named Jane in an email, having heard my news somewhere, and I was immediately worn out by the tyranny of prescriptive joy.

Life is sometimes like an anxious lover who simply needs your sensuality to calm down.

You find joy in so many little things. For once... I want to see joy find you. Surprise you. You deserve it.

Sometimes happiness quietly curls up in your heart just to snuggle.