(491 quotes found)
“Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow, too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?”
William Blake
“He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.”
Chanakya
“Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength”
Charles H. Spurgeon
“Day doth daily draw my sorrows longer, And night doth nightly make grief's length seem stronger”
William Shakespeare
“Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.”
“Sorrow is the child of too much joy”
Chinese Proverbs
“If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.”
Samuel Butler
“The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.”
Percy Bysshe Shelley
“In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all pain, all passionate regret and loss and bitter disillusionment are self-made”
Kathleen Norris
“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.”
Frida Kahlo
