Joy Quote by Thomas Merton

Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy. And if you do…

— Thomas Merton

For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.

— John Dryden

Life is to be enjoyed, not simply endured. Pleasure and goodness and joy support the pursuit of survival.

— Willard Gaylin

“In the morning, when you rise unwillingly, let this thought be present: I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then…

— Marcus Aurelius

“So if you understand that where there is a search for pleasure there must be pain, live that way if you want to, but…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Pleasure always means not to think about anything, to forget suffering even where it is shown. Basically it is helplessness. It is flight; not,…

— Theodor Adorno

“The greatest satisfaction comes not from chasing pleasure and avoiding pain, but from the radical acceptance of life as it is, without fighting and…

— Noah Levine

“There is no pleasure without pain. There is no Heaven without Hell.”

— Johnny B. Truant

“but being on the spiritual path is not about making life pleasant. It’s about seeing how to transcend both the pleasant and the unpleasant.”

— Sadhguru

“Pleasure is no longer empty and pain is no longer deadly when God is the transcending reason for all of it.”

— Sara Daigle

To find rest unto our souls includes peace of mind and heart, which is the result of learning and following the doctrine of Christ.

— Per G. Malm

“There is no pleasure like the absence of pain – immediately after pain.”

— Isaac Asimov