Where there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy there is no creation know the nature of joy.

~ Maitri Upanishads

Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

~ Mother Theresa

The only joy in the world is to begin.

~ Cesare Pavese

Joy is not in things it is in us.

~ Richard Wagner

Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorrow is half sorrow.

~ Swedish Proverb

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

~ Euripides

The joy that isn't shared dies young.

~ Anne Sexton

The joy of a spirit is the measure of its power.

~ Ninon de Lenclos

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

~ Kahlil Gibran

Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.

~ Charles Du Bos