Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.

Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart read more

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

Sing out my soul, thy songs of joy;
Such as a happy bird will sing,
Beneath a read more

Sing out my soul, thy songs of joy;
Such as a happy bird will sing,
Beneath a Rainbow's lovely arch,
In early spring.

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.