In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.

He that fears death loses the joys of life.

It is better to be hungry in joy, than to be filled in sorrow.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

There's room for the Gap, but the joy of dressing is an art.

“Joy is easier when you're a little foolish.”

“There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.”

“The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.”

For awhile, I was left with nothing on the physical plane. I had no relationships, no job, no home, no socially defined identity. I spent almost two years sitting on park benches in a state of the most intense joy.

So saving grace, converting grace, for Augustine, is God's giving us a sovereign joy in God that triumphs over all other joys and therefore sways the will. The will is free to move toward whatever it delights in most fully, but it is not within the power of our will to determine what that sovereign joy will be.