“The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack” WorldLosesGriefPitySympathyMy SympathyNo Sympathy Author:Sophie Swetchine
“What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.” SelfGriefResignation Author:Sophie Swetchine
“The Christian's God is a God of metamorphoses. You cast grief into his bosom: you draw thence, peace. You cast in despair: 'tis hope that rises to the surface. It is a sinner whose heart he moves. It is a saint who returns him thanks.” HeartGodChristianMovingGriefReturnDespairDrawsSaintCastsSurfaceThanksSinnerThank GodBosomsMetamorphosisThanks God Author:Sophie Swetchine
“All the joys of earth will not assuage our thirst for happiness; while a single grief suffices to shroud life in a sombre veil, and smite it with nothingness at all points.” EarthJoyGriefNothingnessThirstVeilsShrouds Author:Sophie Swetchine
“In youth, grief comes with a rush and overflow, but it dries up, too, like the torrent. In the winter of life it remains a miserable pool, resisting all evaporation.” GriefYouthRemainsWinterMiserablePoolResistingOverflowEvaporation Author:Sophie Swetchine
“If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.” IfsGriefSorrow Author:Sophie Swetchine
“Pride dries the tears of anger and vexation; humility, those of grief. The one is indignant that we should suffer; the other calms us by the reminder that we deserve nothing else.” ShouldSufferingGriefTearsHumilityPrideDeserveCalmRemindersVexationIndignant Author:Sophie Swetchine
