Joy

Famous quotes containing the word joy:

“My weary soul they seem to soothe,
And, redolent of joy and youth,
To breathe a second spring.”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

“Jean Jacques Rousseau ... is nothing but a fool in my eyes when he takes it upon himself to criticise society; he did not understand it, and approached it with the heart of an upstart flunkey.... For all his preaching a Republic and the overthrow of monarchical titles, the upstart is mad with joy if a Duke alters the course of his after-dinner stroll to accompany one of his friends.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)

“As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)