„The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.“

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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„Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy.“
— Swami Vivekananda
„20. The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.“
— Ramana Maharshi
„Father nevver once looked at any woman the way he looked at Mother, with joy and thanksgiving, as if she was a living wish, granted past all hope.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Grosser light vanishes into eternal raysOf all-pervading Cosmic Joy.From Joy we come,For Joy we live,In the sacred Joy we melt.“
— Paramahansa Yogananda
„But life's joys are only joys if they can be shared.“
— Ravi Zacharias