Black Quote by William Barclay

The Christian is not superficial in any sense, but is fundamentally serious and fundamentally happy. You see, the joy of the Christian is a…

— Anonymous

I hope the doctrine that Christians ought to be gloomy will soon be driven out of the universe. There are no people in the…

— Charles Spurgeon

Let it not be imagined that the life of a good Christian must be a life of melancholy and gloominess; for he only resigns…

— Blaise Pascal

The Christian is joyful, not because he is blind to injustice and suffering, but because he is convinced that these, in the light of…

— D. Elton Trueblood

The religion of Jesus Christ is not ascetic, nor sour, nor gloomy, nor circumscribing. It is full of sweetness in the present and in…

— Henry Ward Beecher

It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A Christian can…

— R. C. Sproul

“Christians must show that misery fits the good for heaven, while happiness prepares the bad for hell; that the wicked get all their good…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

You must be made miserable before you can know true Christian joy. Indeed the real trouble with the miserable Christian is that he has…

— Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Christianity is a strangely cheery religion.

— Flannery O'Connor

A Christian is never bored or sad. Rather, the one who loves Christ is full of joy and radiates joy.

— Pope Francis

Happiness is about what happens to you; and, to an extent, it's dependent on your circumstances, your behaviors, and your attitudes. But the joy…

— David Jeremiah

It is an unfortunate thing for the Christian to be melancholy. If there is any man in the world that has a right to…

— Charles Spurgeon