Capable Quote by Vladimir Bartol

“Our ability to cultivate joy has not been scientifically studied as thoroughly as our ability to cultivate happiness. In 1978, psychologists Philip Brickman, Dan…

— Dalai Lama XIV

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

— Joyce Grenfell

Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to…

— Ruskin Bond

Joy is that kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens.

— David Steindl-Rast

Surely joy is the condition of life.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Happiness is not to be achieved at the command of emotional whims. Happiness is not the satisfaction of whatever irrational wishes you might blindly…

— Ayn Rand

The richness of the human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome.

— Helen Keller

It is generally allowed, that no man ever found the happiness of possession proportionate to that expectation which incited his desire, and invigorated his…

— Samuel Johnson

Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears…

— Frederick Buechner

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

There is no such thing as happiness. Life bends joy and pain, beauty and ugliness, in such a way that no one may isolate…

— Jean Toomer

“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