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“The source of each accordant strain Lies deeper than the Poet's brain. First from the people's heart must spring The passions which he learns to sing; They are the wind, the harp is he, To voice their fitful melody,-- The language of their varying fate, Their pride, grief, love, ambition, hate,-- The talisman which holds inwrought The touchstone of the listener's thought; That penetrates each vain disguise, And brings his secret to his eyes.”

Source: The Poems

“The certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour of death is a source of grief throughout our life.”

Hours Grief Our Lives Source Certainty Uncertainty Life And Death Certainty Of Death

Author:Edgar Morin

“For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.”

Men Way Difficult Grief Danger Source Riches Uncertainty Hardship Leisure Desirable

Author:Sallust

“Those who will not slip beneath the still surface on the well of grief turning downward through it s black water to the place we cannot breathe will never know the source from which we drink, the secret water, cold and clear, nor find in the darkness glimmering the small round coins thrown by those who wished for something else.”

Knows Wells Stills Black Water Grief Secret Darkness Clear Source Cold Drink Rounds Surface Breathe Thrown Slips Coins

Author:David Whyte

“Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly dead.”

“Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance of past grief becomes a source of present pleasure - such is the strange alchemy of the spirit.”

Writing Humans Past Spirit Suffering Human Beings Pleasure Grief Fate Strange Poet Source Drama Legends Verses Agony Remembrance Playwright Alchemy

Book:Dragon's Teeth

Source: Dragon's Teeth

“They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite”

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

“You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way, if your only source of love and meaning is your spouse, then anytime he or she fails you, it will not just cause grief but a psychological cataclysm. If, however, you know something of the work of the Spirit in your life, you have enough love "in the bank" to be generous to your spouse even when you are not getting much affection or kindness at the moment.”

Ifs Knows Way Giving Enough Moments Spirit Causes Grief Marriage Kindness Failing Source Holy Affection Psychological Generous Holy Spirit Spouse Enough Love

Author:Timothy Keller

“Don't make it sound like that. Like some ordinary sort of grief. It's not like that. They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite. Over. This is a fresh wound every day.”

Sound Grief Source Ordinary Wounds Heal Finite Time Heals Time Heals All Time Heals All Wounds

Book:The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

“But I ask you, those of you who are with us all day, not to stress yourselves out because of us. When you do this, it feels as if you're denying any value at all that our lives may have--and that saps the spirit we need to soldier on. The hardest ordeal for us is the idea that we are causing grief for other people. We can put up with our own hardships okay, but the thought that our lives are the source of other people's unhappiness, that's plain unbearable.”

People Ifs Needs Feels May Ideas Spirit Values Asks Grief Our Lives Source Okay Stress Soldier Hardest Unhappiness Hardship Unbearable Sap Ordeals

Author:Naoki Higashida

“In all states of dilemma or of difficulty, prayer is an available source. The ship of prayer may sail through all temptations, doubts and fears, straight up to the throne of God; and though she may be outward bound with only griefs, and groans, and sighs, she shall return freighted with a wealth of blessings!”

May States Wealth Prayer Grief Doubt Source Return Blessing Difficulty Bounds Available Ships Temptation Sail Thrones Sigh Dilemma Straight Up Doubt And Fear All State Outward Bound

Author:Charles Spurgeon

“At different stages in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at heart the source is always the same. Human beings have the rare capacity to connect with each other, against all odds”