24 quotes
“He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain”
— Khalil Gibran
“Joy and sorrow are inseparable. Together they come and when one sits alone with you, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.”
— Kahlil Gibran
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked the deeper your sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain”
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain and wonder fills the space between”
“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter.”
— Rumi
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.”
“The secret source of humor in a family is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.”
— Mark Twain
“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing”
— Naomi Shihab Nye
“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart and you shall see that you are weeping for that which has been your delight”
“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.”
“The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain and faith holds the space between”
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.”
“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked and faith teaches us to see the joy hidden within every sorrow”
“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside you must know sorrow and extend compassion”
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being in family the more joy you can contain.”
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow.”
— Laozi
“If we could read the secret history of our enemies we would find sorrow enough to disarm all hostility through compassion”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“Truly it is in the darkness that one finds the light so when we are in sorrow then this light is nearest of all through faith”
— Meister Eckhart
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