- “Joy is the sweetest flower that grows in that garden, the heart of man” – Instructions About Heart-work
- “The joy of God will quench your thirst [for] the world and..the joy of the world [exceeds] its bounds when it [quenches] your thirst [for] God” -Instructions About Heart-work
- “That joy which will consist with a sinful life, is no joy of God: the joy of God is holy joy…and that joy of God that leaves us secure and careless, is not like to be long lived.” – Instructions About Heart-work