False Joy Quotes

The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones.

...[P]eople who shout joy from the rooftops are often the saddest of all... (p.24)

Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication Which is more sober far than all sobriety.

All are not merry that dance lightly.

False expectations take away joy.

Our sadness is not sad, but our cheap joys.

Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to the true.

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.

The public pleasures of far the greater part of mankind are counterfeit.

To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.

You see, nothing matters except pleasure - which is the opposite of happiness, its tragic part, I expect.

Robbing someone of their smile and putting it on your own face doesn't make you happy.

And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy.

Have you ever thought about why, all over the world, in every culture, in every society, there are a few days in the year for celebration? These few days for celebration are just a compensation - because these societies have taken away all celebration in your life, and if nothing is given to you in compensation, your life can become a danger to the culture. Every culture has to give some compensation to you so that you don't feel completely lost in misery, in sadness. But these compensations are false.

Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

Children blessings seem, but torments are.

For trash and toys, And grief-engend'ring joys, What torment seems too sharp for flesh and blood; What bitter pills, Compos'd of real ills, Men swallow down to purchase one false good!

Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why.

We may as well face it: the whole level of spirituality among us is low. We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone (We) have imitated the world, sought popular favor, manufactured delights to substitute for the joy of the Lord and produced a cheap and synthetic power to substitute for the power of the Holy Ghost.

The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself.