4,580 Quotes About Joy

It is better to seek pure joy than mere pleasure.

Pursuit of pure joy is far better than pleasure.

With my intellect I see cause for nothing but pessimism and even despair. But I can't settle for what my intellect tells me. That's not all of it...There are still stars which move in ordered and beautiful rhythm. There are still people in this world who keep promises... That's enough to keep my heart optimistic no matter how pessimistic my mind.

Whoever knows pain, forsakes pleasure to seek for pure joy.

Іοϋλίανποθω — and before I knew what I desired, the desire itself was gone, the whole glimpse withdrawn, the world commonplace again, or only stirred by a longing for the longing that had just ceased. It had taken only a moment of time; and in a certain sense everything else that had ever happened to me was insignificant in comparison.

hopelesslyI am addictedto the wingsof morning lightthe silver restarteverythingthat ispastel greenand blueandoh Godthe hope

Eleanor waved back, sitting in joyful loneliness to finish her coffee while the gay stream tumbled along below her.

All art stems from an irrepressible urge to share emotion. The best artists have lived; and, in that living, endured profound heartache and blissful joy.

When passion meets work, work becomes a hobby.