Ever let the fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home.

John Keats · Fancy (1818), l. 1

If poetry comes not as naturally as the Leaves to a tree it had better not come at all.

John Keats · Letter to John Taylor (February 27, 1818)

Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

John Keats · Lamia (1820), pt. II, l. 234

Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to School an Intelligence and make it a soul?

John Keats · The source reads: “Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to School an Intelligence and make it a soul? A Place where the heart must feel and suffer in a thousand diverse ways!” · Letter to George and Georgiana Keats (1819)

How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea.

Nikos Kazantzakis · The source reads: “How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea.… All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.” · Zorba the Greek (1946), ch. 7

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

The Bible · The source reads: “The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground: yea, I have a goodly heritage.” · Psalm 16:6. The familiar King James wording; the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations gives the Book of Common Prayer psalter.

We shouldn't just say, "Let me be miserable now, and later I'll be happy." You've got to learn to find the joy all the way through.

Michael Strahan · The source reads: “I was always told "Work hard when you're young so you can enjoy it when you're older." We should really be enjoying it all the way through. We shouldn't just say, "Well, let me be miserable now, and later then I'll be happy." You've got to learn to find the joy all the way.” · The footballer and broadcaster on joy.

“Ever let the fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home.”

“If poetry comes not as naturally as the Leaves to a tree it had better not come at all.”

“Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.”

“Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to School an Intelligence and make it a soul?”

“How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea.”

“The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.”

“We shouldn't just say, "Let me be miserable now, and later I'll be happy." You've got to learn to find the joy all the way through.”

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