Joy Quote by John Sutherland Bonnell

“It's paramount we take ownership of our lives. Sadness is greatly due to our having sacrificed ourselves over to a power outside of ourselves.…

— Kaiden Blake

Great joys make us love the world. Great sadnesses make us understand the world.

— Kent Nerburn

We all harbour a great sadness in our soul

— Paulo Coelho

“Great joys,why do they bring us sadness? Because there remains from these excesses only a feeling of irrevocable loss and desertion which reaches a…

— Emil Cioran

Sad are those who truly understand, for the world is based upon the many sad truths that drive the few happy moments.

— Dirgha

“This is the real power of joy, to make us certain that, beneath all grief, the most fundamental of realities is joy itself.”

— Wendy Beckett

Our sadness is not sad, but our cheap joys.

— Henry David Thoreau

“The world seems to want us to be sad and angry because bad things frequently happen. But I say we should feel the opposite.…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Joy mingled with sadness, even with grief, is the deepest human joy. It winds itself about the soul with indescribable sweetness, with a dim…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

We must try to contribute joy to the world.

— Roger Ebert

“All emotions, including sadness, are designed to be short-term solu­tions. If we remain in a constant state of sadness or feel sad for too…

— George A. Bonanno

“She is an immense presence in the world. Tragedy and strength have so perfectly coalesced in her, as if one fed off the other.…

— Barbara Bode