Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.

Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. read more

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.

Capacity for joy
Admits temptation.

Capacity for joy
Admits temptation.

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

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.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is read more

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.