Sentence examples for transient joy from inspiring English sources
None of this incessant effort brought Burgess much more than transient joy.
Such delights, as well as the concomitant indifference and contrived buoyancy, are evoked in ukiyo-e, the scrolls and screens and woodblock prints that depict this world devoted to the pursuit of transient joy.
Best of all is stretching out on the sand with a beach book that is actually set at the shore; somehow it heightens our delight in the transient joy of summer.
That immortal beings might envy humans is not a new thought - you'll find it in Greek myths, where the gods meddle in human affairs in order to savour something of the transient joy of mortal life.
Reading books is and always has been a difficult pleasure, not a "transient joy" in the words of Bob Dylan.
In an age of "happiness indexes" and countries ranked by their supposed wellbeing, are we overlooking the transient, often trivial moments in which joy (rather than contentment) truly resides?
The ancient yoga and spiritual teachings stress that happiness is real only when we let go of seeking material and transient things and discover the lasting joy that is within.
I realize this rainbow of color in my sky won't last forever, because life is ever changing; our joys are perhaps as transient as our sorrows.
But joy, as we learn, is transient.
