“I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within.” ThinkingArtPainArtistSufferingDifficultSadnessCreationSadDespairGloryPainfulPerforming Author:Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
“The Lord often has his prophets climb mountains to converse with Him. I always wondered why He did that, and now I know the answer: when we are on high, we can see everything else as small. Our glory and sadness lose their importance. Whatever we conquered or lost remains there below. From the heights of the mountain, you see how large the world is, and how wide its horizons.” KnowsWorldReligionLostLosesReligiousAnswersLordSadnessMountainGloryImportanceRemainsWideHeightProphetClimbsHorizonConverses Author:Paulo Coelho
“...to the glory of His name let me witness that in far away lands, in loneliness (deepest sometimes when it seems least so), in times of downheartedness and tiredness and sadness, always always He is near. He does comfort, if we let Him. Perhaps someone as weak and good-for-nothing as even I am may read this. Don't be afraid! Through all circumstances, outside, inside, He can keep me close.” IfsMayDoeSometimesInspirationSeemsNamesSadnessLandLonelinessCircumstancesComfortGloryWeakLet MeWitnessFar AwayTiredness Author:Amy Carmichael
“Come to earth to taste our sadness, he whose glories knew no end; by his life he brings us gladness, our Redeemer, Shepherd, Friend. Leaving riches without number, born within a cattle stall; this the everlasting wonder, Christ was born the Lord of all.” EndsEarthChristBornNumbersWonderLordSadnessTasteGloryLeavingRichesMeaningfulChristmasEverlastingShepherdsCattleGladnessRedeemer Author:Charles Wesley
“But the moon came slowly up in all her gentle glory, and the stars looked out, and through the small compass of the grated window, as through the narrow crevice of one good deed in a murky life of guilt, the face of Heaven shone bright and merciful. He raised his head; gazed upward at the quiet sky, which seemed to smile upon the earth in sadness, as if the night, more thoughtful than the day, looked down in sorrow on the sufferings and evil deeds of men; and felt its peace sink deep into his heart.” IfsMenHeartEarthFacesNightSufferingEvilHeavenStarsFeltNatureSadnessSkySorrowQuietMoonGloryWindowGuiltRaisedDeedsGentleThoughtfulGood DeedsCompassMercifulCrevice Book:Barnaby Rudge, And, Hard Times: With Ten Illustrations Source: Barnaby Rudge, And, Hard Times: With Ten Illustrations
“When we are high up, everything looks very small. Our glories and our sadnesses cease to be important. We have left whatever we won or lost down below. From the top of a mountain you can see how large the world is and how wide the horizon.” WorldLifeLooksImportantInspirationLostLeftSadnessMountainTravelGloryWideCeaseHorizon Author:Paulo Coelho
“I perceive we postpone all our joys of Christ, till He and we be in our own house above, thinking that there is nothing of it here to be sought or found, but only hope and fair promises; and that Christ will give us nothing here but tears, sadness, crosses; and that we shall never feel the smell of the flowers of that high garden of paradise above, till we come there. Nay, but I find it possible to find young glory, and a young green paradise of joy even here. We dream of hunger in Christ's house, while we are here, although He alloweth feasts to all the bairns within God's household.” ThinkingGivingFeelsDreamChristianYoungJoyFoundHouseChristSadnessTearsFlowerPromiseGloryFairsGardenCrossesGreenHungerSmellPerceiveParadiseHousehold Author:Samuel Rutherford
“Sky of blackness and sorrow, sky of love, sky of tears. Sky of glory and sadness, sky of mercy, sky of fear.” SadnessSkyTearsSorrowGloryMercyBlackness Author:Bruce Springsteen