Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.
Virginia Woolf

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
Aeschylus

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
William Butler Yeats

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?"
Rudyard Kipling

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
Thomas Aquinas

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.
John Burroughs

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!
Ludwig van Beethoven

To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.
Lord Byron

When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.
Lord Byron

All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
Lord Byron

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!
Anne Sullivan

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.
Bertrand Russell

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.
David Hume

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.
Honore De Balzac

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
Honore De Balzac

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
John Donne

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.
John Buchan

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.
Thomas Merton