Marie Corelli - Joy Quotes

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No human being can stand too long on the topmost peak of joy. It is always necessary to come down, — sometimes to fall of precipitately.

Marie Corelli

Perfect happiness is the soul's acceptance of a sense of joy without question.

Marie Corelli

I am not unpleased with the bitter-sweet taste of this new sensation. I am conscious of joy when you are near me, and of desolation when I see you not at all — both joy and desolation are equally subtle in sweetness.

Marie Corelli

What is heaven? A state of perfect happiness. What is happiness? The immortal union of two souls in one, creatures of God's eternal light, partaking of each other's thoughts, bestowing upon each other the renewal of joy, and creating loveliness in form and action by their mutual sympathy and tenderness.

Marie Corelli