I call it Joy, which is here a technical term and must be sharply distinguished both from Happiness and Pleasure. Joy (in my sense) has indeed one characteristic, and one only, in common with them; the fact that anyone who has experienced it will want it again… I doubt whether anyone who has tasted it would ever, if both were in his power, exchange it for all the pleasures in the world. But then Joy is never in our power and Pleasure often is.
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I believe the person is trying to state that joy is an immediate and greater pleasure, you feel the effects of joy with whatever you are doing, but the feeling soon fades into lesser emotions. Happiness and pleasure are more sustained and lessere motions, according to the person. They also view joy as a more extreme emotion than the other two. Thus, experiencing joy is rare, you experience joy only at the height of your excitement and when you take true pleasure in your actions, pleasure, and happiness are experienced more frequently, and are a combination of many things. Joy is a pure emotion.
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