4,580 Quotes About Joy

It is not an obligation but a joy

Joy is something entirely different from pleasure.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy?

Joy and life exist nowhere but the present.

...[P]eople who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all... (p.24)

My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.

For quite a while, it didn't feel right. How could I feel joy when I lost the love of my life? I'm learning that those two things can co-exist. It will never be the same joy, but it doesn't mean there won't be joy.

The joy of life consists in the inevitable, continual triumph of new values.