A child is a certain sorrow and uncertain joy.
The fear of death takes away the joy of living.
Instead of imposing new obligations, (Christians) should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet.
Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its spring deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only ...
So saving grace, converting grace, for Augustine, is God's giving us a sovereign joy in God that triumphs over all other joys and therefore sways the will. The will is free to move toward whatever it delights in most fully, but it is not within the p...
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Your task is not to find the joy of life but be the joy of life.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
A tailless dog cannot express his joy.
To long for everything: sorrow; to accept everything: joy.
Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain.
One does not live on joy or die of sorrow.
Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.
May all your joys be pure joys, and all your pain champagne.
There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.
I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.
Finding the real joy of Christmas comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done, nor is it found in the purchasing of gifts. We find real joy when we make the Savior the focus of the season.
Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Why are you alive? To discover joy and to share that joy with others.
