Joys Quotes

“Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.”
― Epicurus

“If there is suffering, then it's best to accept it, because it won't go away just because you pretend it's not there. If there is joy, then it's best to accept that too, even though you're afraid it might end one day.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“She knew there were only small joys in life--the big ones were too complicated to be joys when you got all through--and once you realized that, it took a lot of the pressure off.”
― Lorrie Moore, Like Life

“Everything is alive, everything is in motion, everything corresponds; the magnetic rays that emanate from me or from others flow directly through the infinite chain of creation whose transparent network is in continuous communication with the planets and the stars. A captive here on earth for the moment, I commune with the chorus of stars and they join in my sorrows and joys.”
― Gérard de Nerval, Selected Writings

“Thinking in mythological terms helps to put you in accord with the inevitables of this vale of tears. You learn to recognize the positive values in what appear to be the negative moments and aspects of your life. The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.”
― Joseph Campbell

“Time is not just the hands of a clock. It isn't just a change of seasons either. It is a treasure trove of precious moments, infinite little joys and blessings, precious smiles, tears and heartbeats.”
― Mona Soorma, Soul Food And Instant Karma

“And I have fitted up some chambers there
Looking towards the golden Eastern air,
And level with the living winds, which flow
Like waves above the living waves below.—
I have sent books and music there, and all
Those instruments with which high spirits call
The future from its cradle, and the past
Out of its grave, and make the present last
In thoughts and joys which sleep, but cannot die,
Folded within their own eternity.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Major Works

“As adults we get so entrapped in illusions and trivia, that we forget the true essence of life; and so often we need to connect with children, to understand that it is the little, priceless joys that make life beautiful and worthy.”
― Manprit Kaur

“I have no murders to tell about, but I have joys and sufferings and love. And love is every bit as violent and dangerous as murder.”
― Knut Hamsun, The Wanderer

“What sustains in the end are doomed romances, and nicotine, and crappy peanut butter, damn the additives and cholesterol because life is finite and not all nourishment can be measured.”
― C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

“The unexpected discoveries along the route are the joys of heading to the final destination.”
― Steven Magee

“There are more days than joys to fill them.”
― Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

“A pain-filled life could be justified when balanced by everlasting joys yet to come. Daily devotion and loyalty to the celestial firm seemed a fair trade for eternal returns.”
― Debra Gavant, POST QUANTUM REALITY: Simple Answers to the Toughest Questions in Science and Religion

“The things which give joy to you may also give you horror!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and blues.”
― Petek Kabakci

“Just like a sinner can’t know the joys of living an honorable life, a virtuous person can’t know the joys of a sinful life either”
― Awdhesh Singh, 31 Ways to Happiness

“While it may not be a good idea to take excessive interest in the happenings of the world, it is also not desirable to shut your eyes to it and become aloof and indifferent to the pains or joys of others. It is our awareness of the world that provides us an opportunity to learn from the experience of others—a bad experience that someone has gone through prompts us to take precautions and protect ourselves from a similar fate.”
― Awdhesh Singh, 31 Ways to Happiness

“One of the joys of shopping is browsing.”
― Steven Magee

“May my tears turned into joys of thanks.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“...the world has a fair percentage of people who go through life trying to find comfort and relief for their souls by seeking a receptive ear. This could be someone they can communicate with on the subject of sharing their hopes, dreams, doubts, fears, concepts, perceptions, love, joys, grief, regrets, impulses and compulsions.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail

“Art, at its best, is a kind of uncontrolled yet disciplined Yelp, made by one of us who, because of the brain he was born with and the experiences he has had and the training he has received, is able to emit a Yelp that contains all of the joys, miseries, and contradictions of life as it is actually lived.”
― George Saunders, The Braindead Megaphone

“I have some Sorrows, that are not Yours',
But I have no Joys, that are not Yours'..!”
― Mahendar Singh Jakhar

“The joys of hot Hawaiian coffee!”
― Steven Magee

“Life is a series of small sorrows that ultimately lead to great joy. Learn to wait for it.”
― Siddharth Katragadda, Dark Rooms

“[...] But Mademoiselle Katherine has spent a great deal of her life listening, and those who have listened do not find it easy to talk; they keep their sorrows and joys to themselves and tell no one.”
― Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train