“Who looks at me, beholdeth sorrows all, All pain, all torture, woe and all distress; I have no need on other harms to call, As anguish, languor, cruel bitterness, Discomfort, dread, and madness more and less; Methinks from heaven above the tears must rain In pity for my harsh and cruel pain.” NeedsLooksPainHeavenTearsSorrowRainMadnessHarmPityTortureBitternessDreadDistressHarshLook At MeAnguishWoeDiscomfort Book:Troilus and Cressida Source: Troilus and Cressida
“The enduring realization that when a great challenge comes, the most ordinary people can show that they value something more than they value their own lives. When the last of the veterans had gone, and the sorrows and bitterness which the war created had at last worn away, this memory remained.” PeopleWarShowsLastsValuesChallengesMemoriesHistoryGoneSorrowOrdinaryEndureRealizationCivil WarBitternessWornVeteranOrdinary PeopleAmerican Civil War Author:Bruce Catton
“Recording happiness made it last longer, we felt, and recording sorrow dramatized it and took away its bitterness; and often we settled some problem which beset us even while we wrote about it.” MadeProblemLastsFeltSorrowMade ItBitterness Book:The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day Source: The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day
“The birth of a man is the birth of his sorrow. The longer he lives, the more stupid he becomes, because his anxiety to avoid unavoidable death becomes more and more acute. What bitterness! He lives for what is always out of reach! His thirst for survival in the future makes him incapable of living in the present.” MenWisdomFunStupidBirthSorrowAnxietySurvivalBitternessIncapableThirstLive In The Present Author:Zhuangzi
“In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction.” TroubleSorrowDrawsMidstBitternessAffliction Author:Richard Cecil
“But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.” SunToo MuchSorrowMoonBitterDawnBitternessHeartbreaking Book:Rimbaud Source: Rimbaud
“Although it may not seem like it, this isn’t a story about darkness. It’s about light. Kahlil Gibran says Your joy can fill you only as deeply your sorrow has carved you. If you’ve never tasted bitterness, sweet is just another pleasant flavor on your tongue. One day I’m going to hold a lot of joy.” IfsMayStoriesLightSeemsJoyDarknessSweetSorrowOne DayTonguePleasantBitternessFlavorFever Series Author:Karen Marie Moning
“All the sorrow, all the bitterness, all the sadness, I forget them and ignore them in the joy of working.” JoyPassionForgetSadnessSorrowBitterness Author:Camille Pissarro
“Life is a school, a place for us to learn and grow. We, like Adam and Eve, experience 'growing pains' through the sorrow and contamination of a lone and dreary world. These experiences may include sin, but they also include mistakes, disappointments, and the undeserved pain of adversity. The blessed news of the gospel is that the Atonement of Jesus Christ can purify all the uncleanness and sweeten all the bitterness we taste.” WorldMaySchoolPainLife IsJesusGrowsChristSinMistakeGrowingSorrowTasteNewsJesus ChristAdversityBlessedDisappointmentBitternessAdamAtonementLoneDrearyAdam And EveGrowing PainsContamination Author:Bruce C. Hafen