Sorrow Quotes

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Laozi

Philosopher

“The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.”

War Sorrow Funeral

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George Eliot

Novelist, Poet, Journalist

“Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.”

Past Joy Sorrow

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Mario

Video Game Character

“To let sorrow go his own way one gives happiness a chance”

Giving Way

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Jiddu Krishnamurti

Philosopher, Speaker

“The demand to be safe in a relationship inevitably breeds sorrow and fear.”

Spiritual Sorrow

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Gautama Buddha

Spiritual Teacher

“Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you.”

Sorrow Turns Mischief

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Moses ibn Ezra

Poet, Philosopher

“Sorrow shatters my heart; And men distress it with blame, Because it follows love.”

Men Heart

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E. M. Forster

Novelist, Essayist

“There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it.”

World Trying

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Friedrich Schiller

Playwright, Poet

“Whatever lives, lives to die in sorrow. We engage our hearts, and grasp after the things of this world, only to undergo the pang of losing them.”

Heart Sorrow Live Life

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D. H. Lawrence

Novelist, Poet

“Naught is possessed, neither gold, nor land nor love, nor life, nor peace, nor even sorrow nor death, nor yet salvation. Say of nothing: It is mine. Say only: It is with me.”

Land Gold Sorrow

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Patti Smith

Musician

“Sometimes I get lost in watching a film. The sorrow, or the frustration, is when it doesn't happen for a long time.”

Long Sorrow Frustration

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Pema Chodron

Buddhist Teacher, Author

“When we touch the center of sorrow, when we sit with discomfort without trying to fix it, when we stay present to the pain of disapproval or betrayal and let it soften us, these are times that we connect with bohdichitta.”

Pain Sorrow Betrayal

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Patti Smith

Musician

“I think its very important to not be afraid to experience joy in the middle of sorrow.”

Thinking Joy Sorrow

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