Yesterday was glory and joy. Today, a blackened burn everywhere. On the record of my life, these two days will be put down as one.

All real works of art look as though they were done in joy..

We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try..

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy..

And now I know why they invented words for love, why they had to: It's the only thing that can come close to describing what I feel in that moment, t….

You are the cause of your own joy or your own misery. You hold that power. You are your own friend and your own enemy..

You can experience true delight on the Sabbath from family history work...Finding family members...can bring immense joy..

God gives us what we want. For people who want nothing to do with peace, joy, reconciliation and peace... God will give you what you want. I see peop….

Just imagine that the purpose of life is happinesss only- then life becomes a cruel and senseless thing.You have to embrace what the wisdom of huma….

Making peace with one's truth is to live in one’s own moment, moving passionately forward in joy..

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life..

There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away..

Ruins stood for what was lost, and yet there were beautiful-peaceful, historic, intellectual. Not tragic or regrettable. Lena tried to keep hers that….

Let joy be unconfined..

Men are not put into this world to be everlastingly played on by the harping fingers of joy..

When we start at the center of ourselves, we discover something worthwhile extending toward the periphery of the circle. We find again some of the jo….

Everything is in constant flux on this earth. Nothing keeps the same unchanging shape, and our affections, being attached to things outside us, neces….

A blossom full of promise is life's joy, That never comes to fruit. Hope, for a time, Suns the young floweret in its gladsome light, And it looks flo….

He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened e….

Joy always came after pain..

Wonder and despair are two sides of a spinning coin. When you open yourself to one, you open yourself to the other. You discover a capacity for joy t….