Quotes About Joy

Where there is no joy there can be no courage; and without courage all other virtues are useless.

Wherever two human beings are alive, together, and happy, there is the center of the world.

For my own part I am pleased enough with surfaces—in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things for example as the grasp of a child's hand in your own, the flavor of an apple, the embrace of friend or lover, the silk of a girl's thigh, the sunlight on rock and leaves, the feel of music, the bark of a tree, the abrasion of granite and sand, the plunge of clear water into a pool, the face of the wind—what else is there? What else do we need?

The mornings therefore ....are all the sweeter in the knowledge of what the afternoon is likely to bring.

I am twenty miles or more from the nearest fellow human, but instead of loneliness I feel loveliness. Loveliness and a quiet exultation.

I dance like the wind.

Close not thy hand upon the innocent joy That trusts itself within thy reach. It may Or may not linger. Thou canst but destroy The wingèd wanderer. Let it go or stay. Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem. Think! Midas starved by turning all to gold.

In a moment there often dwells the sense of eternity; for when profoundly happy, we know that it is impossible to die. Whenever the soul feels itself, it feels everlasting life.

I felt as if I could ride the bus through eternity and be happy.

Today I found an old friend. –Ed Burns via Purple Violets

Today I found an old friend.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

Honest men have very little fun in life. It's a well-known fact.

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require.

Let us then rejoice, While we are young.

Begone, dull Care! I prithee begone from me!Begone, dull Care! Thou and I shall never agree.

Nothing compares to the pain of a belly ache from laughing too hard with your best friend.

Is it true blondes have more fun?

From the Valley of the Jolly . . . Ho! Ho! Ho! . . . Green Giant.

Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Colorful candles burning bright, each lit on eight very special nights.

Daughters are like flowers, they fill the world with beauty, and sometimes attract pests.

Grandparents are a delightful blend of laughter, caring deeds, wonderful stories, and love.

One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.