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Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.

'Joy' to me is a reflection of the life experiences that I've had throughout the first record and kind of having some time and a hiatus. It's just like all of those experiences that I had during that period - that growing up period.

Pleasure has ever more been represented by poets and by painters as clothed in perpetual smiles and adorned with the richest jewels; and in real life, we have known many who, allured by her deceptions, blandishments, and hollow but showy temptations, have followed as she pointed until ruin has befallen them.

Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past.

The joy that isn't shared dies young.

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

Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.