Quotes about Joy

Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.

My voice thou oft hast heard and hast not feared, But oft rejoiced

What hither brought us, hate, not love, nor hope   Of Paradise for Hell, hope here to taste   Of pleasure, but all pleasure to destroy,   Save what is in destroying, other joy   To me is lost. Then

Of thee/ Pains only in child-bearing were foretold; soon recompensed with joy, fruit of thy womb.

But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began: The winds with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kist, Whispering new joys to the mild Ocean, Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave.

Hail, Son of the Most High, heir of both Worlds,   Queller of Satan! On thy glorious work   Now enter, and begin to save Mankind.     Thus they the Son of God, our Saviour meek,   Sung victor, and, from heavenly feast refreshed,   Brought on his way with joy. He, unobserved,   Home to his mother's house private returned.

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.

The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May.

ordinary becomes extraordinary when filled with

Joy is God's basic character. Joy is his eternal destiny. God is the happiest being in the universe.

The problem with people, according to Jesus, is not that we are too happy for God's taste, but that we are not happy enough.

So much as we see of the love of God, so much shall we delight in him, and no more.