Courage Quote by Edward Abbey

“Has joy any survival value in the operations of evolution? I suspect that it does; I suspect that the morose and fearful are doomed…

— Edward Abbey

Surely joy is the condition of life.

— Henry David Thoreau

I had thought joy to be rather synonymous with happiness, but it seems now to be far less vulnerable than happiness. Joy seems to…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

The future, higher evolution will belong to those who live in joy, who share joy, and who spread joy.

— Torkom Saraydarian

Joy gives us wings! In times of joy our strength is more vital, our intellect keener, and our understanding less clouded. We seem better…

— Abdu'l-Bahá

Joy is spiritual and far grittier than happiness, and far more robust.

— Laurel Mellin

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.

— Joyce Grenfell

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

— Alan Cohen

Joy is a natural way of being.

— Byron Katie

I feel that joy is the basic emotion of life and of human beings. It's what supports everything. We are here to be happy.…

— Alex Abreu

Being joyful is our natural state of being.

— Deepak Chopra

Joy is a marvelous increasing of what exists, a pure addition out of nothingness.

— Rainer Maria Rilke