“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief”
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“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief”
“While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.”
“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is nature's delight”
“Grief is the price we pay for love”
“Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys”
“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone”
“Where there is sorrow there is holy ground.”
“In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.”
“There is no grief like the grief that does not speak”
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts”
“You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore”
“Time heals grief and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same person.”
“From happiness to suffering is a step; from suffering to happiness is an eternity.”
“In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the passing of time.”
“Only one thing is necessary in your anguish: bear everything with resignation to the Divine Will; for this will help you to attain your eternal salvation. Hope with a lively faith and you will receive everything from Almighty God.”
“By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.”
“A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget the joy of Christ Risen.”
“All my life I still have found, and I will forget it never; every sorrow hath its bound, and no cross endures forever.”
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than 10,000 tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love”
“He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it”