Depression Quote by Max Jacob

The path to joy leads through despair.

— Alexander Lowen

Joy goes as deep as sorrow, but leaves less of itself behind.

— Mason Cooley

“As a poet there is something about joy I find hard to express, whereas every other emotion is rather simple. For instance, you never…

— Criss Jami

It is very difficult to pass from pleasure to work. Accordingly more poems have been swallowed up by sorrow than ever happiness caused to…

— Honore de Balzac

From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair.

— Andre Gide

Joy takes away from us the thoughts of our actions; sorrow it is that awakens the soul.

— Margaret of Valois

Joy is hidden in sorrow and sorrow in joy. If we try to avoid sorrow at all costs, we may never taste joy, and…

— Henri Nouwen

“Joy is as thorny and sharp as any of the dark emotions. To love someone fiercely, to believe in something with your whole heart,…

— Brené Brown

Joy lives concealed in grief.

— Rumi

“But if a person has never experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life; never understanding…

— Banana Yoshimoto

“Joy always follows on the heels of pain. If a person escapes a mindset that current events represent an ongoing tragedy, they will encounter…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Joy is a part of my process. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that poetry, as a practice, necessitates a sense…

— Tracy K. Smith