„This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.“

— T.S. Eliot

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„These sudden joys have sudden endings. They burn up in victory like fire and gunpowder.“
— William Shakespeare
„My joy is as painful as my pain.“
— Fernando Pessoa
„You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„Living was a dangerous past-time, and often quite painful—but there was also such joy in living, such beauty, things that one would otherwise never see, never experience, never know. The risk of pain and loss was a part of living.“
— Jim Butcher
„One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.“
— Louis Zamperini
„If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment“
— Neale Donald Walsch
„The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)“
— Thich Nhat Hanh
„From every joy and pain a hope leaps out eternally to escape this pain and to widen joy.“
— Nikos Kazantzakis
„The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.“
— Sadhguru